English Explanatory Dictionary

wayback machine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A time machine or other means of revisiting information from the past.

Word forms

wayback machine wayback machines

Etymology

From the WABAC machine in the animated cartoon Mister Peabody, from way back (“long ago”). According to Gerard Baldwin, one of the show's directors, the spelling was a reference to the UNIVAC I computer.

Derived words

Wayback Machine
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on W Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary