Having accumulated a large amount of unfinished work or orders that still need to be processed or completed.
From backlog (back + log, a timber or record of items) + -ed (past participle), meaning items piled up behind current work.
The concept of backlogs became critical in the computer age—software teams use backlogs as their to-do lists, but ironically, managing the backlog often creates its own backlog!
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