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back 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

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 * Charles Back, South African winemaker * Chris Back (born 1950), Australian politician * Ernst Emil Alexander Back (1881–1959), German physicist *

Frédéric Back Frédéric Back (April 8, 1924 – December 24, 2013) was a Canadian artist and film director of short animated films.John L. Kennedy and Eugene Walz"Frédéric Back". ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', November 4, 2007. During a long career with R ...

(1924–2013), Canadian animator *

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 *

Les Back Les Back (born 17 December 1962) is a professor of sociology at the University of Glasgow and former Director of the Centre for Urban and Community Research at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is a researcher and author of books and academic ...

(born 1962), English sociology professor and author *

Natasja Crone Back Natasja Crone Back (born 12 June 1970) is a Danish journalist and TV show presenter. She is well known from several big shows on Danish television. Early life and career Crone was raised in Holte north of Copenhagen and is of Danish and Bela ...

(born 1971), Danish journalist *

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 *

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 *

Rico Back Rico Back (born 1954) is a German businessman. He was a founding member and former CEO of the logistics service provider German Parcel, which later became part of the GLS Group. He was CEO of GLS for around 18 years. From 2016 to 2018, Back hea ...

(born 1954), Swiss-domiciled German businessman *

Sven-Erik Bäck Sven-Erik Bäck (16 September 1919 – 10 January 1994) 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 ...

(1919–1984), Swedish composer * William Back (1856–1911), Australian cricketer

Places

* Back (crater), lunar crater *

Back, Lewis Back () is a district and a village on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, situated on a coastal area known as Loch a'Tuath, or Broad Bay. Back is within the parish of Stornoway, and is situated on the B895. The ...

, a village on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland * Back Bay (disambiguation), several places *

Back Peninsula The Back Peninsula (alternate names, Back Island, or Black Island) is a cape located on eastern Bell Peninsula, Southampton Island, in the Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada. Its southern shore is part of the northern boundary of Hudson Bay. Foxe Ba ...

, Nunavut, Canada * Back railway station, in Back, Manitoba, Canada *

The Backs The Backs is a picturesque 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 with their grounds covering both banks of the river. In 2013, Nationa ...

, an area at the rear of several colleges in Cambridge, England

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

* ''Back'' (Lynn Anderson album), 1983 *

Back (Ohio Players album) ''Back'' is the final studio album by the American band Ohio Players, released in 1988. The first single was "Sweat". It was Ohio Players' only album for Track Record Company. The band supported the album by headlining a SOS Racisme show during ...

, 1988 * "Back" (song), a song by Colt Ford from the album ''Declaration of Independence'' * '' 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 ...

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Back'' (novel), a 1946 novel by Henry Green * ''Back'' (TV series), a 2017 British sitcom * "Back" (''Louie''), an episode of the American television series ''Louie'' * "Back" (''Spaced''), a television episode

Sports

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 ...

Back nine A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played. It consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a tee box, a fairway, the rough and other hazards, and a green with a cylindrical hole in the ground, known as a "cup". T ...

, the last nine holes on a golf course *

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 * Half back (disambiguation), a position in many football games *

Nickelback (American football) In American football, a nickelback, also referred to as a slot cornerback or slot corner, is a cornerback or safety who serves as the additional defensive back in a nickel defense. A base defense consists of two cornerbacks and two safeties, ma ...

, a defensive back in American and Canadian football *

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 *

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 Scrum may refer to: * Autozam Scrum, a microvan and pickup truck sold in Japan by Mazda * Line of scrimmage, line separating football teams before a play * Media scrum, an impromptu press conference, often held immediately outside an event such a ...

** Back (rugby league) **

Back (rugby union) In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (wearing jerseys numbered 1–8) and seven backs (numbered 9–15). In addition, there may be up to eight replacement players "on the bench", numbered 16� ...

Other uses

* Bauk (field) (alternatively spelled "back") a Scottish agricultural term *

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 *

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 A digital camera back is a device that attaches to the back of a camera in place of the traditional negative film holder and contains an electronic image sensor. This allows cameras that were designed to use film take digital photographs. Th ...

* Back, the rear of a string instrument's sound board * Back, to bet on something: Betting exchange § Backing and laying {{disambiguation