Backward
61Backward compatibility — In the context of telecommunications and computing, a device or technology is said to be backward or downward compatible if it can work with input generated by an older device.[1] If products designed for the new standard can receive, read, view… …
62Backward wave oscillator — A backward wave oscillator (BWO), also called carcinotron (a trade name for tubes manufactured by CSF, now Thales) or backward wave tube, is a vacuum tube that is used to generate microwaves up to the terahertz range. It belongs to the traveling… …
63Backward pawn — Chess diagram|= tright| = | | | | | | | |= | | | | | | | |= | |pd| | | | | |= | | |pd| | | | |= | | |pl| | | | |= | | | | | | | |= | | | | | | | |= | | | | | | | |= Black s c6 pawn is a typical example of a backward pawn.In chess, a backward pawn …
64Backward diode — In semiconductor devices, a backward diode is a variation on a zener diode or tunnel diode having a better conduction for small reverse biases (for example –0.1 to –0.6 V) than for forward bias voltages.The reverse current in such a diode is by… …
65Backward channel — In a data circuit a backward channel is the channel that passes data in a direction opposite to that of its associated forward channel. The backward channel is usually used for transmission of request, supervisory, acknowledgment, or error… …
66Backward-Diode — Schaltzeichen Die Backward Diode (Rückwärtsdiode) ist eine Sonderform der Tunneldiode. Trotz des englischen Vokabulars lautet die bevorzugte internationale Bezeichnung „back diode“. Durch die Entwicklung alternativer aktiver Halbleiterbauelemente …
67Backward Integration — A form of vertical integration that involves the purchase of suppliers. Companies will pursue backward integration when it will result in improved efficiency and cost savings. For example, backward integration might cut transportation costs,… …
68backward-looking — also backward looking ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone or something as backward looking, you disapprove of their attitudes, ideas, or actions because they are based on old fashioned opinions or methods. They are criticised for… …
69Backward Masking — Unter einer Rückwärtsbotschaft (engl. „backmasking“, „backward messaging“ oder „backward masking“) versteht man die versteckte Einschleusung von Botschaften in Tonträgern, indem diese in das Tonmaterial im Verhältnis zum eigentlichen Inhalt… …
70backward-looking — backˈward looking adjective 1. Having more regard to the past than the future 2. Conservative, reactionary • • • Main Entry: ↑back * * * backward looking UK US adjective not interested in new ideas or ways of doing things Thesaurus: old fashioned …
