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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
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SYLLABICATION:back·up
PRONUNCIATION:  bkp
NOUN:1a. A reserve or substitute. b. Computer Science A copy of a program or file that is stored separately from the original. 2a. Support or backing. b. Music A background accompaniment, as for a performer. 3. An overflow or accumulation caused by clogging or by a stoppage: a backup in the sink; a backup of traffic at the drawbridge.
ADJECTIVE: Extra; standby: a backup pilot.
 
 
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