Fromback +log. 1680s; originally a large log at the back of a fire. Figurative sense from 1880s, meaning "something stored up for later use". Possibly influenced bylogbook as well.[1]
backlog (pluralbacklogs)
- A largelog to burn at the back of a fire.
1830,Joseph Plumb Martin, “Ch. V”, inA Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier:While she was preparing my breakfast, I chopped off abacklog and put it on the fire,[…]
1902,Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson,Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published1980, page31:He threw it on the fire for aback-log, first scraping the live coals and ashes to a heap for his damper.
- Areservesource orsupply.
- Anaccumulation orbuildup, especially ofunfilledorders,unconsumedproducts orunfinishedwork.
He went to work on Saturday to try to work through thebacklog of papers on his desk.
Kyle purchased a new one despite having abacklog of video games that he hasn't played.
2020 November 18, Mike Brown tells Paul Stephen, “I wasn't going to let the Mayor down”, inRail, page45:With much of the building unrenovated since it was built in the 19th century, there is a significantbacklog of repairs estimated to be in excess of £1bn.
- Alog containingtext previously read, as in text-basedvideo games orchat rooms.
an accumulation or buildup
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:積壓 /积压 (zh)(jīyā)
- Danish:efterslæb n,pukkel c
- Dutch:achterstand (nl) m
- Finnish:tilauskanta(orders),rästityöt(work)
- French:arriéré (fr) m(work)
- German:Arbeitsrückstand m,Auftragsüberhang m,Nachholbedarf (de) m,Rückstand (de) m,Rückstau (de) m,Überhang (de) m
- Hungarian:elmaradás (hu),lemaradás (hu),hátralék (hu),restancia (hu)
- Italian:arretrato (it) m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål:etterslep (no) n
- Nynorsk:etterslep n
- Polish:zaległości f pl
- Portuguese:acúmulo (pt)
- Russian:(incomplete orders)невы́полненныезака́зы m pl(nevýpolnennyje zakázy),(incomplete jobs, also in IT)незавершённыезада́чи f pl(nezaveršónnyje zadáči),задо́лженность (ru) f(zadólžennostʹ),зава́л (ru) m(zavál)
- Spanish:acúmulo (es) m,pila (es) f,montón (es) m
- Swedish:återstod (sv) c
- Turkish:birikme (tr),birikmiş iş,terakküm,artbirikim
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a reserve source or supply
backlog (third-person singular simple presentbacklogs,present participlebacklogging,simple past and past participlebacklogged)
- (transitive, intransitive) Toacquire something as a backlog, or to become a backlog
to acquire something as a backlog, or to become a backlog
backlog m (pluralbacklogs)
- backlog
