backup
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "backup"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ, āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ

the act of providing assistance or support to someone or something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We had to call for backup when the situation became too dangerous.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻœā§āϜāύāĻ• āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āϞ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āφāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āφāĻĒ, āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ

(computing) a copy of computer data that can be used to restore lost or damaged data
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The system automatically creates daily backups of the database to ensure that no data is lost in the event of a failure.
āϏāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽāϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϝāĻŧāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻžāĻŦ⧇āϏ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧈āύāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āφāĻĒ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻĄā§‡āϟāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨāϤāĻžāϰ āϘāϟāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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a secondary musical part, vocal or instrumental, that supports or complements the main melody

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The backup harmonies added depth to the performance.
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āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āφāĻĒ, āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ•

a person who is available to take over or assist if the original person is unable to perform their duties
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She served as a backup in case the main speaker could n’t make it to the event.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āφāĻĒ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤāĻž āχāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡ āφāϏāϤ⧇ āύāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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a buildup or accumulation resulting from an obstruction or blockage

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A traffic backup stretched for several kilometers.
to backup
[phrase form: back]
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āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āφāĻĒ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĄā§‡āϟāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āφāĻĒ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to create a duplicate copy of data on a computer or digital device for the purpose of preserving it for future access or recovery
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He backed up his photos to the cloud before the trip.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāϪ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāωāĻĄā§‡ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āφāĻĒ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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