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backtracing

backtracing is the present participle and gerund of backtrace.

Meaning of backtrace

Verb

backtrace (third-person singular simple present backtraces, present participle backtracing, simple past and past participle backtraced)

  1. To examine a stack trace
  2. (broadly) To find the cause of something by examining past events

See all 3 meanings of backtrace

Noun

backtracing (plural backtracings)

  1. Synonym of directory traversal.

Synonyms of backtracing

Forms of backtracing

pluralbacktracings

Questions about backtracing

What does backtracing mean?
Backtracing means synonym of directory traversal.
What is backtracing the present participle and gerund of?
Backtracing is the present participle and gerund of backtrace.
What part of speech is backtracing?
Backtracing is a noun.
What is the plural of backtracing?
The plural of backtracing is backtracings.

Words near backtracing in the dictionary

  1. backtitration
  2. backtitrations
  3. backtrace
  4. backtraced
  5. backtraces
  6. backtracing
  7. backtracings
  8. backtrack
  9. backtrackable
  10. backtracked
  11. backtracker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backtracing (page history and authors); backtrace (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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