Plural of fallback; backup plans, alternative options, or things you can retreat to if your primary plan fails.
From 'fall back' (a phrasal verb meaning to retreat or revert), with '-back' as a noun suffix indicating the action or result. This modern term gained prominence in business and military strategy.
Military strategists use 'fallbacks' so much that it became corporate jargon—but the word originally comes from soldiers literally falling back to previous defensive positions, so it's basically fancy language for 'running away strategically.'
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