Wayback Machine
noun
uk/ˈweɪ.bæk məˌʃiːn/us/ˈweɪ.bæk məˌʃiːn/[S]trademark(alsowayback machine)
thebrandnameforsoftwarethatallowsyou tosearchinternetarchives(=olddocuments,websites, etc.):
Unfortunately, all of thelinksinvolvedare now not onlydead, but they are notevenin theInternetWayback Machine.
The waybackmachineat archive.orgshowsvirtuallynohistory, which isoddifyourblogwas aspopularas youclaim.
[Cusually singular]humorous(usuallywayback machine)
a way ofseemingto go back intimeto the past:
I had tojumpinto the waybackmachineandremembermyoutdatedgeeklingo.
It's as if they've set the Wayback Machine back to the 1970's.
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- Archive.org and the Wayback Machine have been reallyimportantfor myresearch.
- I’ve used theInternetWayback Machine andfoundolderdocumentsthatcovertheperiodup toDecember2004
- Yesterday mywifeand I, insearchof something to do,decidedto take atripin the waybackmachineand takeourdaughterover to the Toy Museum.
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- scan
- transcode
- transcoding
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- tuple
- Turing Machine
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