Backup

/bˈækʌp/

/ˈbæˌkəp/

Backup

the act of providing assistance or support to someone or something

(computing) a copy of computer data that can be used to restore lost or damaged data

a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts

someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)

an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage

Example

The data backups are performed hourly for safety.

The irreversible loss of data due to a computer crash could have been prevented with regular backups.

The system administrator will run a backup to secure our data.

The system automatically creates daily backups of the database to ensure that no data is lost in the event of a failure.

The digital backup failed, and we had to obliterate the corrupted files to start fresh.

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