Backlog Explained

Backlog may refer to:

Science, technology and business

Product backlog, a list of requirements for a software product in development; see
Backlog (academic journals), the phenomenon of a number of accepted papers waiting a significant time to be published
Backlog of unexamined patent applications, all patent applications that have been filed and still remain to be examined
An argument to Berkeley sockets "listen" function representing the number of pending connections
Customer lead time in sales and operations planning