Betekenis van backup In het Nederlands

• 0 (someone or something that provides) support or help, or something that you have arranged in case your main plans, equipment, etc. go wrong:

  • We're going to need some professional backup for this project.

  • The party is going to be outdoors, so we'll need to organize somewhere as a backup in case it rains.

  • Remember, your colleagues are your backup system when things go wrong.

  • Before we leave work each day, we make a backup of all the records we have entered into the computer that day.

  • The department's backup disks are all stored in a different building.

  • He's a backup for the Dallas Cowboys.

• 1 supporting the main singer, performer, etc. :

  • backup vocals

  • Willie moves to Chicago, where he becomes a backup artist for a sultry blues singer.

• 2 support or help, or someone or something that provides support or help:

  • a backup generator

  • They didn’t realize when they hired him that he had a backup band.

  • We want to have the factual backup to make our case.

• 3 an extra copy of information on a computer that is stored separately:

  • Did you make a backup of these files?

• 4 a person, plan, piece of equipment, etc. that you can use to replace another if necessary:

  • I use my other email account as a backup.

  • The company is exploring alternative sources to provide backup for materials when the suppliers cannot deliver.

  • Remember that your colleagues are your backup system when things go wrong.

• 5 an extra copy of the information on a computer, that is stored separately:

  • Keep a backup of your data in case a drive fails.