| Subject | English | Spanish |
| comp. | always create backup copy | crear siempre copia de seguridad |
| comp. | always create backup copy | crear siempre copia de reserva |
| el. | auxiliary backup heating | calentamiento auxiliar |
| el. | auxiliary backup heating | calefacción complementaria |
| comp., MS | backup and restore | copias de seguridad y restauración (The process of maintaining backup files and putting them back onto the source medium if necessary) |
| tech. | backup approach | aproximación alterna |
| comp., MS | backup battery | batería de reserva (An additional battery source available in Windows Mobile powered devices. It avoids data loss if the primary battery loses power) |
| bank. | backup contingency payment | pago de contingencia |
| law | backup contract | contrato de reserva |
| IT | backup copy | copia de reserva |
| IT, el. | backup copy | copia de seguridad |
| IT | backup copy | copia de respaldo |
| comp., MS | backup copy | copia de seguridad (A duplicate of a program, a disk, or data, made either for archiving purposes or for safeguarding files) |
| tech. | backup cup | unidad de refuerzo |
| comp., MS | backup device | dispositivo de copia de seguridad (A tape or disk drive containing a backup medium) |
| mech.eng., el. | backup facility | fuente auxiliar de energía |
| dat.proc. | backup facility | instalación de seguridad |
| comp., MS | backup file | archivo de copia de seguridad (A duplicate of a program, a disk, or data, made either for archiving purposes or for safeguarding files) |
| IT | backup file | fichero de reserva |
| IT | backup file | archivo de reserva |
| gen. | backup file | archivo de seguridad |
| commun., IT | backup frequency | frecuencia de reserva |
| light. | backup light | luz de marcha atrás |
| auto. | backup light | luz de reversa |
| auto. | backup light switch | interruptor para la luz de retroceso |
| auto. | backup light switch | interruptor para la lámpara de reversa |
| auto. | backup light switch | interruptor para la luz de reversa |
| UN, econ. | backup lines for services such as steam and water | líneas de refuerzo |
| tech. | backup low-attack plan | plan alterno de ataque a baja altitud |
| bank. | backup lump sum payment | orden de pago de suma global |
| tech. | backup media | medios de almacenamiento de respaldo |
| tech. | backup media | medios de almacenamiento de reserva |
| comp., MS | backup medium | medio de copia de seguridad (Disk file or tape used to hold one or more backups) |
| ed., IT | backup medium | soporte para copia de seguridad |
| avia. | backup nut | tuerca de ajuste |
| comp., MS | Backup Operators group | grupo Operadores de copia de seguridad (A type of local or global group that contains the user rights you need to back up and restore files and folders. Members of the Backup Operators group can back up and restore files and folders regardless of ownership, permissions, encryption, or auditing settings) |
| tech. | backup plan | plan alterno |
| el. | backup power | energía de reserva |
| energ.ind., el. | backup power supply | fuente de alimentación de reserva |
| UN, econ. | backup power systems | sistemas auxiliares de energía eléctrica |
| UN, econ. | backup power systems | equipos electrógenos de reserva |
| IT | backup procedure | procedimiento de copia de seguridad |
| el., sec.sys. | backup protection | protección de socorro |
| comp., MS | Backup Recovery Migration tool | Herramienta de migración para recuperación de copias de seguridad (A command line utility that is used to backup and restore print configuration and items (print queues, drivers, print processors, etc) during a print migration) |
| psychol. | backup reinforcer | reforzador recuperable |
| tech. | backup retaining ring | anillo de retención de respaldo |
| avia. | backup ring | anillo de refuerzo |
| auto. | backup ring | anillo auxiliar |
| avia. | backup ring | anillo de apoyo |
| IT | backup saving | salvaguarda |
| comp., MS | backup set | conjunto de copia de seguridad (A collection of files, folders, and other data that have been backed up and stored in a file or on one or more tapes) |
| comp., MS | backup shadow copy | instantánea de la copia de seguridad (A shadow copy of a replica created by the DpmBackup command-line tool. In DPM, backup shadow copies are used to archive replicas to tape) |
| comp., MS | backup snapshot | instantánea de copia de seguridad (A snapshot of a site's data, created by the Backup Configuration Manager Site Server task or by another backup utility. The backup snapshot is used during a site recovery process to restore the site's data) |
| commun. | backup supervisor | supervisor de reserva |
| IT | backup system | sistema auxiliar |
| IT | backup system | sistema de reserva |
| IT | backup system library | dispositivo de librería de seguridad |
| IT | backup system library | dispositivo de biblioteca de seguridad |
| commun. | backup transmitter | transmisor secundario |
| commun. | backup transmitter | transmisor auxiliar |
| IT | backup unit | unidad de reserva |
| IT | backup unit | unidad de seguridad |
| el. | backup voltage storage battery | batería de almacenamiento de voltaje de reserva |
| comp., MS | backup withholding | retención adicional de impuestos (An IRS tax rule in the United States that requires notified payers to withhold a set percentage from payments made to payees who cannot be identified due to missing or incorrect taxpayer identification numbers on tax forms) |
| comp., MS | bare-metal backup | copia de seguridad de reconstrucción completa (A backup that includes all critical volumes so that the recovered system is bootable. It can optionally include all the data volumes so that, if a recovery is performed to a new hard disk, the data volumes also get restored. You can rebuild a machine from scratch and it works on alternate hardware too) |
| comp., MS | base backup | copia de seguridad de base (A data backup of a database or files upon which a differential backup is fully or partially based. The base backup is the most recent full or file backup of the database or files) |
| IT | battery backup | reserva por batería |
| el. | battery backup | reserva de baterías |
| IT | battery backup board | tarjeta de batería de reserva |
| comp., MS | block level backup | copia de seguridad a nivel de bloque (A type of backup operation that can be performed on a file system. The backup and restore operations can either be full, incremental or differential, and a physical (block-level) restore is performed at the volume level) |
| comp., MS | bulk log backup | copia de seguridad de registros de operaciones masivas (A backup that includes log and data pages changed by bulk operations. Point-in-time recovery is not allowed) |
| el., sec.sys. | circuit local backup protection | protección de socorro local de celda |
| comp., MS | Complete PC Backup | Copia de seguridad Complete PC (A tool in Windows Vista that backs up the entire computer (OS, settings, and files)) |
| IT | copy backup | copia de seguridad |
| comp., MS | copy backup | copia de seguridad de copia (A backup that copies all selected files but does not mark each file as having been backed up (in other words, the archive attribute is not cleared). Copying is useful if you want to back up files between normal and incremental backups because copying does not affect these other backup operations) |
| comp., MS | daily backup | copia de seguridad diaria (A backup that copies all selected files that have been modified the day the daily backup is performed. The backed-up files are not marked as having been backed up (in other words, the archive attribute is not cleared)) |
| comp., MS | data backup | copia de seguridad de datos (Any backup that includes the full image of one or more data files) |
| IT | differential backup | copia de seguridad diferencial |
| comp., MS | differential backup | copia de seguridad diferencial (A backup containing only changes made to the database since the preceding data backup on which the differential backup is based) |
| UN, econ. | emergency backup provisions | dispositivos de reserva para casos de emergencia |
| comp., MS | express full backup | copia de seguridad completa rápida (A synchronization operation in which the protection agent transfers a snapshot of all blocks that have changed since the previous express full backup (or initial replica creation, for the first express full backup)) |
| comp., MS | file backup | copia de seguridad de archivos (A backup of all the data in one or more files or filegroups) |
| IT, dat.proc. | file backup and recovery | respaldo y restauración de archivos |
| comp., MS | file differential backup | copia de seguridad de archivos diferencial (A backup of one or more files containing only changes made to each file since its most recent file backup. A file differential backup requires a full file backup as a base) |
| comp., MS | full backup | copia de seguridad completa (A backup of an entire database) |
| comp., MS | full differential backup | copia de seguridad diferencial completa (A backup of all files in the database, containing only changes made to the database since the most recent full backup. A full differential backup requires a full backup as a base) |
| comp., MS | incremental backup | copia de seguridad incremental (A backup that copies only those files created or changed since the last normal or incremental backup. It marks files as having been backed up (in other words, the archive attribute is cleared). If you use a combination of normal and incremental backups to restore your data, you will need to have the last normal backup and all incremental backup sets) |
| comp., MS | log backup | copia de seguridad de registros (A backup of transaction logs that includes all log records not backed up in previous log backups. Log backups are required under the full and bulk-logged recovery models and are unavailable under the simple recovery model) |
| IT | operational backup site | sede operativa de respaldo |
| comp., MS | partial backup | copia de seguridad parcial (A backup of all the data in the primary filegroup, every read-write filegroup, and any optionally specified files. A partial backup of a read-only database contains only the primary filegroup) |
| comp., MS | partial differential backup | copia de seguridad diferencial parcial (A partial backup that is differential relative to a single, previous partial backup (the base backup). For a read-only database, a partial differential backup contains only the primary filegroup) |
| IT | program backup tape | cinta de seguridad del sistema |
| commun., IT | program modification backup tape | cinta de copia de seguridad de modificaciones de un programa |
| comp., MS | pure log backup | copia de seguridad de registros sin operaciones masivas (A backup containing only the transaction log covering an interval without any bulk changes) |
| el., sec.sys. | remote backup protection | protección de socorro remota |
| el., sec.sys. | substation local backup protection | protección de socorro local de subestación |
| comp., MS | tail-log backup | copia del final del registro (A log backup taken from a possibly damaged database to capture the log that has not yet been backed up. A tail-log backup is taken after a failure in order to prevent work loss) |
| gen. | tape backup | copia de seguridad en cinta |
| comp., MS | Windows Backup | Copias de seguridad de Windows (A file backup feature of Windows Vista that performs scheduled incremental backups of data to the target media. It also allows the user to restore an individual file or a group of files) |
| comp., MS | Windows Server Backup | Copias de seguridad de Windows Server (A feature of the Windows Server® 2008 operating system that provides a basic backup and recovery solution for the server that it is installed on) |
| comp., MS | Windows System Image Backup | Copia de seguridad de imágenes del sistema de Windows (A tool in Windows Vista that backs up the system image) |