Contingency vs. Backup

Contingencynoun

(uncountable) The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance; unpredictability.

Contingencynoun

(countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses.

Contingencynoun

(countable) An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if he or she does not fulfill the contract according to the specification.

Contingencynoun

A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.

Contingencynoun

Union or connection; the state of touching or contact.

Contingencynoun

The quality or state of being contingent or casual; the possibility of coming to pass.

Contingencynoun

An event which may or may not occur; that which is possible or probable; a fortuitous event; a chance.

Contingencynoun

An adjunct or accessory.

Contingencynoun

A certain possible event that may or may not happen, by which, when happening, some particular title may be affected.

Contingencynoun

a possible event or occurrence or result

Contingencynoun

the state of being contingent on something

Contingencynoun

a future event or circumstance which is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty

Contingencynoun

a provision for a possible event or circumstance

Contingencynoun

an incidental expense

Contingencynoun

the absence of certainty in events

Contingencynoun

the absence of necessity; the fact of being so without having to be so.

Backupnoun

A reserve or substitute.

Backupnoun

(computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is destroyed or damaged.

Backupnoun

An accumulation of material caused by a (partial) obstruction or (complete) blockage of the flow or movement of the material, or an accumulation of material that causes an overflow due to the flow being greater than the maximum possible flow.

Backupnoun

(law enforcement) reinforcements

Backupadjective

Standby, reserve or extra.

Backupadjective

(computing) That is intended as a backup.

Backupverb

misspelling of back up

Backupnoun

anything kept in reserve to serve as a substitute in case of failure or unavailability of the normal or primary object; - used for devices, plans, people, etc. Also used attributively; as, there was no backup for the electrical supply; a backup motor; a backup generator.

Backupnoun

a musician or group of musicians accompanying a soloist, whether vocalists or instrumentalists.

Backupnoun

a person or group of persons serving as reinforcement for another or others; as, the policeman called for backup when he was fired on.

Backupnoun

an accumulation, overflow, or reverse flow (in traffic or a liquid flow system) caused by a stoppage or other malfunction.

Backupnoun

A copy of a program or data from a computer onto a data-storage medium, usually one that may be removed to safe storage at a distance from the computer; it is used to preserve data for use in the contingency that the original data on the computer may be lost or become unusable. A backup that is removed from the building housing the computer system (to provide protection against loss of data in a disastrous event such as a fire) is called off-site backup. Also used attributively; as, backup copy.

Backupnoun

The act or process of creating a backup{5}; as, they performed a full system backup every weekend.

Backupnoun

an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage;

Backupnoun

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

Backupnoun

a subordinate musical part; provides background for more important parts

Backupnoun

(computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device;

Backupnoun

the act of providing approval and support;

Backup

In information technology, a backup, or data backup is a copy of computer data taken and stored elsewhere so that it may be used to restore the original after a data loss event. The verb form, referring to the process of doing so, is , whereas the noun and adjective form is .