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battery-backed

battery-backed adjective: of a device, using a battery to maintain operation when not powered by the main electrical supply (e.g. during a blackout).

Adjective

battery-backed (not comparable)

  1. Of a device, using a battery to maintain operation when not powered by the main electrical supply (e.g. during a blackout).
  2. Using a battery to maintain volatile memory when powered off.
  3. Of saved game data, written to a volatile memory chip in a video game cartridge to maintain the data when not in use.

Questions about battery-backed

What does battery-backed mean?
Battery-backed means of a device, using a battery to maintain operation when not powered by the main electrical supply (e.g. during a blackout).
What part of speech is battery-backed?
Battery-backed is an adjective.

Words near battery-backed in the dictionary

  1. battery memory
  2. battery pack
  3. battery packs
  4. Battery Point
  5. battery power
  6. battery-backed
  7. battery-electric
  8. battery-included
  9. battery-operated
  10. battery-powered
  11. Batterygate

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