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People
- Adam BackAdam BackAdam Back is a British cryptographer and crypto-hacker.He is the inventor of hashcash, a proof-of-work system for protecting against email spam and other denial-of-service attacks. He wrote credlib...
, British cryptographer - Charles BackCharles BackCharles Louis Back is the third generation owner of South African wine and cheese producer Fairview, in Paarl in the Western Cape province.-Career and winemaking philosophy:...
, South African winemaker - Chris BackChris BackChristopher John "Chris" Back is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since 2009....
(b. 1950), Australian politician - Ernst Emil Alexander BackErnst Emil Alexander BackErnst Emil Alexander Back was a German physicist, born in Freiburg. He attended school in Strasbourg until 1900, and from 1902 until 1906 studied law in Strasbourg, Munich, and Berlin. He then worked in the legal profession in Alsace-Lorraine until 1909, afterwards taking leave to study physics in...
(1881-1959), German physicist - Frédéric BackFrédéric BackFrédéric Back, OC, CQ is a Canadian artist and film director of short animated films.-Biography:Born in Saarbrücken, The Territory of the Saar Basin, he emigrated to Canada in 1948...
(b. 1924), Canadian animator - George BackGeorge BackAdmiral Sir George Back FRS was a British naval officer, explorer of the Canadian Arctic , naturalist and artist.-Career:...
(1796-1878), British naval officer and explorer - George Back (actor)George Back (actor)George Back is an American actor. He currently stars in the Nickelodeon original series Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures as Three Pieces. He has also had roles in the feature films The Comebacks and Horrible Bosses .-Filmography:...
- Les BackLes BackLes Back is a professor of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London and an author.-Biography:Les Back was born in Croydon in south London and studied at both undergraduate and postgraduate level at Goldsmiths, University of London. He received a PhD in social anthropology in 1991...
(b. 1962), English sociology professor and author - Natasja Crone BackNatasja Crone BackNatasja Crone Back is a Danish journalist and TV-show presenter. She is well known from several big shows on Danish television....
(b. 1971), Danish journalist - Neil BackNeil BackNeil Antony Back is a former international rugby union footballer for England, who also played for Leicester Tigers, and captained both England and Leicester during his career....
(b. 1969), Englis former rugby union international - Ralph-Johan BackRalph-Johan BackRalph-Johan Back is a Finnish computer scientist.Back originated the refinement calculus, an important approach to the formal development of programs using stepwise refinement, in his 1978 PhD thesis at the University of Helsinki, On the Correctness of Refinement Steps in Program Development. He...
, Finnish computer scientist - Sven-Erik BäckSven-Erik BäckSven-Erik Bäck was a Swedish composer of classical music. He was born in Stockholm.Bäck studied from 1939 until 1943 in the King's Music-Academy and from 1940 until 1945, was a composition student of Hilding Rosenberg...
(1919-1984), Swedish composer
Places
- Back PeninsulaBack PeninsulaThe Back Peninsula is a cape located on eastern Bell Peninsula, Southampton Island, in Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada. Its southern shore is part of the northern boundary of Hudson Bay. Foxe Basin is to the north. There are two large bays, Gorden Bay and Junction Bay. Bowhead whale frequent the...
, Nunavut - Back, Lewis, a village on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland
- Back (crater)Back (crater)Back is a small lunar impact crater that is located near the eastern limb of the Moon. It lies on the northwest edge of the Mare Smythii, and the northeast rim is adjacent to the crater Schubert. To the west is Jenkins, and to the southwest is the Weierstrass–Van Vleck crater pair. The crater Back...
, lunar crater - Back railway stationBack railway stationThe Back Railway Station is a flag stop in Back, Manitoba, Canada. The stop is served by Via Rail's Winnipeg – Churchill train.- External links :**...
, in Back, Manitoba, Canada
Sports
- In Rugby football, this means a player who is not involved in the scrumScrum (rugby)Scrum , in the sports of rugby union and rugby league, is a way of restarting the game, either after an accidental infringement or when the ball has gone out of play...
- In Association football and Australian rules football, it is another term for the position of defenderDefender (association football)Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
- In hockeyHockeyHockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
and many other games it means a player who is defending the goal
Qualified terms
- Fullback (American football)Fullback (American football)A fullback is a position in the offensive backfield in American and Canadian football, and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback...
, a common position in many football games - Half back (disambiguation), a position in many football games
- QuarterbackQuarterbackQuarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
, a position in the offensive backfield of American and Canadian football - Running backRunning backA running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...
, a position in the offensive backfield of American and Canadian football - Nickelback (American football), a defensive back in American and Canadian football
Other uses
- In anatomy, the dorsal side of the torsoTorsoTrunk or torso is an anatomical term for the central part of the many animal bodies from which extend the neck and limbs. The trunk includes the thorax and abdomen.-Major organs:...
in humans and other primates- The Human backHuman backThe human back is the large posterior area of the human body, rising from the top of the buttocks to the back of the neck and the shoulders. It is the surface opposite to the chest, its height being defined by the vertebral column and its breadth being supported by the ribcage and shoulders...
- Back (horse)Back (horse)The back describes the area of horse anatomy where the saddle goes, and in popular usage extends to include the loin or lumbar region behind the thoracic vertebrae that also is crucial to a horse's weight-carrying ability. These two sections of the vertebral column beginning at the withers, the...
, the back of a horse
- The Human back
- In chairChairA chair is a stable, raised surface used to sit on, commonly for use by one person. Chairs are most often supported by four legs and have a back; however, a chair can have three legs or could have a different shape depending on the criteria of the chair specifications. A chair without a back or...
, the backrest. - Back (album)Back (album)Back is the name of a studio album by country music singer Lynn Anderson, released in 1983.This album was Anderson's first in three years. She had since been in brief retirement to start a family with her second husband , Harold "Spook Stream", and raise her other children. Thus, Anderson left her...
, a 1983 album by Lynn Anderson - Back (novel)Back (novel)Back is a novel written by British writer Henry Green and published in 1946.- Plot summary :The novel tells the story of Charley Summers, a young Englishman who comes back from Germany, where he was detained as a POW for three years after having been wounded in combat in France . Summers is...
, a 1946 novel by Henry Green - The BacksThe BacksThe Backs is an area to the east of Queen's Road in the city of Cambridge, England, where several colleges of the University of Cambridge back on to the River Cam, their grounds covering both banks of the river. The name "the Backs" refers to the backs of the colleges...
, an area of Cambridge at the rear of several colleges by the River Cam - A light-sensing unit for a camera, such as a digital camera backDigital camera backA digital camera back is a device that attaches to the back of a camera in place of a film holder and contains an electronic image sensor. This lets cameras that were designed to use film take digital photographs...
- An alternative spelling of bauk, a Scottish agricultural term