wayback machine

Meaning

Noun

A time machine or other means of revisiting information about the past.

Origin

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

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