The
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The human back, also called the dorsum (: dorsa), is the large posterior area of the human body, rising from the top of the buttocks to the back of the neck. It is the surface of the body opposite from the chest and the abdomen. The vertebral c ...
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.
Back may also refer to:
People
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Adam Back
Adam Back (born July 1970) is a British cryptographer and cypherpunk. He is the CEO of Blockstream, which he co-founded in 2014. He invented Hashcash, which is used in the bitcoin mining process.
Life
Back was born in London, England, in July ...
(born 1970), British cryptographer
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Charles Back, South African winemaker
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Chris Back (born 1950), Australian politician
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Ernst Emil Alexander Back (1881–1959), German physicist
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Frédéric Back (1924–2013), Canadian animator
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George Back
Admiral Sir George Back (6 November 1796 – 23 June 1878) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer of the Canadian Arctic, naturalist and artist. He was born in Stockport.
Career
As a boy, he went to sea as a volunteer in the frigate ...
(1796–1878), British naval officer and explorer
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Les Back (born 1962), English sociology professor and author
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Natasja Crone Back (born 1971), Danish journalist
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Neil Back
Neil Antony Back Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 16 January 1969) is a former international rugby union footballer for England national rugby union team, England and the British & Irish Lions who also played ...
(born 1969), English rugby player
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Ralph-Johan Back
Ralph-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 C ...
, Finnish computer scientist
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Rico Back (born 1954), Swiss-domiciled German businessman
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Sven-Erik Bäck (1919–1984), Swedish composer
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William Back (1856–1911), Australian cricketer
Places
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Back (crater), lunar crater
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Back, Lewis, a village on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland
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Back Bay (disambiguation), several places
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Back Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada
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Back railway station, in Back, Manitoba, Canada
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The Backs, an area at the rear of several colleges in Cambridge, England
Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
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''Back'' (Lynn Anderson album), 1983
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Back (Ohio Players album), 1988
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"Back" (song), a song by Colt Ford from the album ''Declaration of Independence''
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B.A.C.K.'', a 1999 album by Danish thrash metal band Artillery
* "Back", a song by Lil Pump featuring Lil Yachty from the album
''Lil Pump''
* Back, in music,
accompaniment
Accompaniment is the musical part which provides the rhythmic and/or harmonic support for the melody or main themes of a song or instrumental piece. There are many different styles and types of accompaniment in different genres and styles of m ...
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''Back'' (novel), a 1946 novel by Henry Green
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''Back'' (TV series), a 2017 British sitcom
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"Back" (''Louie''), an episode of the American television series ''Louie''
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"Back" (''Spaced''), a television episode
Sports
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Back (American football)
In American football, a back is a player who plays away from the line of scrimmage (as opposed to a lineman). Historically, the term "back" was used to describe multiple positions on offense and defense, although more descriptive and specific pos ...
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Back nine, the last nine holes on a golf course
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Fullback (American football)
A fullback (FB) is a position in the offense (sports), offensive backfield in gridiron football and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback (American football), halfback. Fullbacks are typically larger than halfbacks, and ...
, a common position in many football games
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Half back (disambiguation), a position in many football games
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Nickelback (American football), a defensive back in American and Canadian football
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Quarterback
The quarterback (QB) is a position in gridiron football who are members of the offensive side of the ball and mostly line up directly behind the Lineman (football), offensive line. In modern American football, the quarterback is usually consider ...
, a position in the offensive backfield of American and Canadian football
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Running back
A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football. The primary roles of a running back are to receive American football plays#Offensive terminology, handoffs from the quarterback to Rush (American football)#Offense ...
, a position in the offensive backfield of American and Canadian football
* Back, another term for the position of
defender, in association football and Australian rules football
* Back, a player who is defending the goal, in
hockey
''Hockey'' is a family of List of stick sports, stick sports where two opposing teams use hockey sticks to propel a ball or disk into a goal. There are many types of hockey, and the individual sports vary in rules, numbers of players, apparel, ...
and many other games who is defending the goal
* Back, a rugby football player who is not involved in the
scrum
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Back (rugby league)
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Back (rugby union)
Other uses
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Bauk (field) (alternatively spelled "back") a Scottish agricultural term
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Back (horse)
The back is the area of Equine anatomy, 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 sect ...
, the back of a horse
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Back vowel
A back vowel is any in a class of vowel sound used in spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a back vowel is that the highest point of the tongue is positioned relatively back in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be c ...
, a type of spoken sound
* Back, the backrest of a chair
* Back, a light-sensing unit for a camera, such as a
digital camera back
* Back, the rear of a string instrument's
sound board
* Back, to bet on something:
Betting exchange § Backing and laying
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