Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 87066 6782958 2009-06-12T14:29:00Z 94.211.35.152 t+nl:[[reserve]] t-balance ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|back-up|back up}} ==English== ===Alternative forms=== * '''[[back-up]]''' ===Etymology=== {{term|back}} + {{term|up}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # A [[reserve]] or [[substitute]]. #: ''If the goalkeeper is injured, we have a '''backup'''.'' # {{computing}} A [[copy]] of a [[file]] or [[record]], [[stored]] [[separately]] from the [[original]], that can be used to [[recover]] the original if it is [[destroy]]ed or [[damage]]d. #: ''After the power failure, we had to restore the database from '''backup'''.'' # An [[accumulation]] of [[material]] that [[halt]]s the [[flow]] or [[movement]] of something. #: ''The blockage caused a '''backup''' in the plumbing.'' ====Synonyms==== * (''reserve''): [[reserve]], [[stand-in]], [[spare]], [[substitute]] * (''computing: copy of a file or record''): * (''accumulation of material that halts flow''): [[block]], [[blockage]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|reserve}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|záloha|f}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|reserve}} {{trans-mid}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|vara-}} * Hebrew: [[גיבוי]] (gibui) {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|copy of file or record}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|záloha|f}} * Dutch: {{t-|nl|backup}}, {{t|nl|reservekopie}} * Finnish: [[varmuuskopio]] {{trans-mid}} * Hebrew: [[גיבוי]] (gibui) {{m}} * Hungarian: [[biztonsági mentés]] * Spanish: {{t-|es|respaldo|m}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Adjective=== {{en-adj|-}} # [[standby]], [[reserve]] or [[extra]] #: ''I am only a '''backup''' player.'' # {{computing}} That is intended as a backup. #: ''Make a '''backup''' copy of that file.'' ====Synonyms==== * (''reserve''): [[extra]], [[reserve]], [[spare]], [[standby]] ====Usage notes==== '''Back-up''' is an alternative spelling of '''backup'''. Both spellings see usage as noun or adjective. The verb '''back up''' is always spelled as two words and never with a hyphen. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|standby, reserve or extra}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|záložní}} * Dutch: {{t|nl|reserve}} {{trans-mid}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|vara-}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|intended as backup}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|záložní}} {{trans-mid}} * Dutch: {{t|nl|reserve}} {{trans-bottom}} ---- ==Italian== ===Etymology=== {{etyl|en|it}} ===Noun=== '''backup''' {{m|inv}} #{{computing|lang=it}} [[#English|backup]] [[Category:Italian nouns]] [[de:backup]] [[et:backup]] [[fr:backup]] [[hu:backup]] [[pt:backup]] [[simple:backup]] [[vi:backup]] [[zh:backup]]