databackn.
/ˈdeɪtəbak/, /ˈdɑːtəbak/, U.S. /ˈdædəˌbæk/, /ˈdeɪdəˌbæk/ Photography.
A device attached to or forming part of the back of a film camera which allows information such as the date and time to be printed on the negative when a photograph is taken. Cf. back n.1 Additions.
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1974 Industr. Photogr. Nov. 21 There's a data back, cassette loader and interval timer.
1987 A. Matheson Leica Reflex Pract. R5 to R3 (1989) x. 141 The databack imprints the date or clock time on selected frames.
1999 Jacobs Photo, Video & Digital Catal. 15/3 Bonus feature is the quartz databack which allows time or date to be printed onto your pictures.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- rock pulverizer
- rock python
- rocky mountain canary
- rocky mountain dormouse
- rocky mountain feathers
- rocky mountain fever
- rocky mountain fever tick
- rocky mountain flying squirrel
- rocky mountain goat
- rocky mountain grasshopper
- rocky mountain indian
- rocky mountain iris
- rocky mountain juniper
- rocky mountain locust
- rocky mountain oyster
- rocky mountain rat
- rocky mountain red cedar
- rocky mountain region
- rocky mountain sheep
- rocky mountain spotted fever
- rocky mountain spotted fever tick
- rocky mountain whitefish