backup English

Meaning backup meaning

What does backup mean?

Definitions in simple English

backup Noun

— A reserve or substitute.

— A secondary plan that can be used in case the first plan fails.

backup

— noun (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device he made a backup in case the original was accidentally damaged or erased

— noun an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage a traffic backup on the main street he discovered a backup in the toilet

— noun (= backing) the act of providing approval and support his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives

— noun (= support) a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts

— noun (= stand-in, fill-in) someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes we need extra employees for summer fill-ins

Synonyms backup synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as backup?

backup English » English

support

backing

spare

accompaniment

reserve

back-up

relief

patronage

computer backup

backup copy

substitute

standby

stand-in

stand-by

reliever

musical accompaniment

fill-in

championship

backup man

waiting line

understudy

traffic jam

supporting

string

stoppage

stand-by facility

stand-by equipment

stand by

spare equipment

single file

shoring up

shoring

second-stringer

rush

reverse

reserve equipment

replacement

reinforcement

ready-for-use

queue

protection

propping up

off-duty

move back

line

jam

go backward

file

double

congestion

Examples backup examples

How do I use backup in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Do you have a backup plan?

Tom and Mary were my backup singers back when I used to perform.

There's a guy in there with a gun. I need backup.

Despite our bad luck, we had one bit of good luck: we had performed a full backup the day before.

Tom always has a backup plan.

I have no backup plan.

Bring backup.

The police officer called for backup.

Did they have a backup plan?

I had no backup plan.

I try to always have a backup plan.

Movie subtitles

The perimeter has been breached, we need backup at sub-level 6!

What do the backup?

She got any backup singers?

Switch in backup circuits.

Backup circuits switched in.

You're backup man on fire control, aren't you?

Backup has arrived, sheriff.

We could use the backup plan, sir.

Our backup team can be ready to lift off in less than two weeks.

If you return to Earth, your backup crew would leave immediately for Mars.

There are a number of emergency backup systems for the main controls.

Shotgun and a backup man.

Get backup.

I need backup.

I need some backup.

Take a shot here, so we'll have one as a backup.

Send four motor cycles for backup.

Switch in backup circuits. - Roger.

Backup circuits switched in. Still negative function.

Shotgun and a backup man. Professionals.

Several systems out, sir, operating on emergency backup.

I'll send you some available radio operators and provide backup to your agents to improve the landing fields for our Lysanders.

The ancient Mycenaens, Willy, to be used as a backup system in case of siege.

Now, Muller's getting backup, another officer joins.

The photo lab is a backup in case the primary method fails.

If there's one thing that I've learned in life, it's to always have a backup.

Please request backup from HQ.

I've seen the backup!

Why backup?

He also knew that Schellenberg had decided to release the pastor and use him as a backup channel of connection long before.

Stirlitz wanted to use the pastor as a backup channel of connection.

He's just auditioning girls for a backup chorus.

Just a backup singer.

Get kitted up and standby to give backup if it's needed.

Where the hell is that backup man?

Until we get new equipment, we must reroute all subsidiary functions through the backup computer.

News and current affairs

At the Fukushima site, the backup power supply, essential for maintaining vital safety functions such as cooling the reactors and spent fuel rods, was not properly protected.

Norway would be able to sell its hydropower and secure a backup supply should climate change leave it running dry.

Wind power becomes much more expensive when we factor in the large supplies of power that must be created for backup whenever the wind dies down.

But there remain little new securitization and bank debt offerings without government backup.

Soon after, I started casually discussing the notion of becoming a backup cosmonaut with the Space Adventures team.

Measures are being taken to improve preparedness for prolonged power outages, protect backup power sources, and ensure the availability of water for cooling even under severe accident conditions.

The cheapest backup power by far is provided by open-cycle gas plants, which imply more CO2 emissions.

Admittedly, the impact of natural disasters is less systemic; but if a calamity takes out key components of networks that lack redundancy and backup, the effects are similar.

Another line of reasoning is that businesses that depend heavily on continuity - for example, hospitals, outsourcing firms in India, and stock exchanges - will invest in their own backup systems.

The idea is that automobiles would run mainly on batteries recharged each night on the electricity grid, with a gasoline-hybrid engine as a backup to the battery.

The August 2003 blackout in the northeastern US revealed that more than a dozen nuclear reactors in the US and Canada were not properly maintaining backup diesel generators.

Putin had viewed China as his backup option should the West seek to isolate Russia following its annexation of Crimea.