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To: Gottfried who wrote (934)5/17/2002 2:25:32 PM
From: Cary Salsberg  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 25522
 
Backlog is elastic. At the peak, it represents what can be physically shipped within a defined interval, while at the trough it represents placeholders that will eventually be shipped.

Or, "Backlog held up very nicely during this downturn" may be a "reductio ad absurdum" euphemism for nothing new ordered and nothing shipped.