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Developer vs Backup - What's the difference?

developer | backup |

As nouns the difference between developer and backup

is that developer is a person or entity engaged in the creation or improvement of certain classes of products while backup is a reserve or substitute.

As an adjective backup is

standby, reserve or extra.

developer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person or entity engaged in the creation or improvement of certain classes of products.
  • A real estate developer; a person or company who prepares a parcel of land for sale, or creates structures on that land.
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  • A film developer; a person who uses chemicals to create photographs from photograph negatives.
  • A liquid used in the chemical processing of traditional photos.
  • A software developer; a person or company who creates or modifies computer software.

    • Synonyms

    * (person or company who writes computer software) programmer

    Related terms

    * develop * development * developmental

    Anagrams

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    backup

    English

    Alternative forms

    * back-up

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A reserve or substitute.
    • If the goalkeeper is injured, we have a backup .
  • (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.
    • After the power failure, we had to restore the database from backup .
  • An accumulation of material that halts the flow or movement of something.
    • The blockage caused a backup in the plumbing.
  • (law enforcement) reinforcements
    • He's got a gun - you better send for backup .

    Synonyms

    * (reserve ): reserve, stand-in, spare, substitute * (computing: copy of a file or record ): * (accumulation of material that halts flow ): block, blockage

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Standby, reserve or extra.
    • I am only a backup player.
  • (computing) That is intended as a backup.
    • Make a backup copy of that file.

    Synonyms

    * (reserve) extra, reserve, spare, standby

    Usage notes

    Back-up'' is an alternative spelling of backup. Both spellings are used as either a noun or an adjective. The verb ''back up is always spelled as two words and never with a hyphen.