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Backup: To copy files to a second source or media in an effort to safeguard the original version. When computer, the first rule is to backup your files regularly. Even if you think you have the most . . . View Full Definition

Backup Offer: An offer to buy, submitted to a seller, with the understanding that the seller has already accepted a prior offer, a secondary offer. Sometimes the seller accepts the backup offer contingent . . . View Full Definition

Backup (Slice): A ball which curves or 'fades away' to the right for a right hander and vice versa for a left hander.

Backup Ball: A type of release that causes the ball to hook opposite from the norm; i.e., a ball that moves to the right for a right hand bowler or to the left for a left hand bowler.

Backup Line: A commercial paper issuer's bank line of credit covering maturing notes if, for some reason, selling new notes to cover the maturing notes is not possible.

Back Up: (1) When bond yields rise and prices fall, the market is said to backup. (2) An investor who swaps out of one security into another of shorter current maturity is said to back up.

Audiovisual: Materials such as filmstrips, motion pictures and overhead transparencies which use audio backup for visual material.

Reverse: An offensive play in which a running back carries the ball toward one side of the field but hands or tosses the ball to a teammate (almost exclusively a Wide Receiver) who is running in the . . . View Full Definition

Kilogram: The kilogram (kg) is the base unit of mass in the SI system of units. The standard kilogram is a 1 kg corrosion resistant platinum/iridium cylinder, carefully preserved in the suburbs of Par . . . View Full Definition

Handcuff: Taking the immediate backup for one of your prominent players. If you have Marion Barber, for instance, you would be wise to handcuff him by drafting Felix Jones.