fallback
noun
- something in reserve that one can turn to for help
- a withdrawing; retreat
See fallback in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(fôlˈbăkˌ)
nouna. Something to which one can resort or retreat.
b. A retreat.
- Computer Science A mechanism for carrying forth programmed instructions despite malfunction or failure of the primary device.
- Something that falls back: the fallback of a huge explosion.
adjective Of, relating to, or constituting a resort or place of retreat: a fallback proposal; a fallback position behind our own lines.
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