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==Origin==
==Origin==
The word ''backpack'' was coined in the [[United States]] in the 1910s. Moneybag and packsack were used before; they now occur mainly as regionalisms. The word rucksack is a German loanword mainly used in the UK and in western [[military]] forces: in German 'der Rücken' means 'the back' (the part of the [[body]]), and Sack for bag. The name Rucksack is cognate with Danish Rygsæk, Norwegian Ryggsekk, Dutch Rugzak, Afrikaans Rugsak and Swedish Ryggsäck. Alternative names include Haversack (the term haversack more properly describes a small cloth bag on a strap worn over one shoulder, and used to carry one or more 'havers' or havercakes or oatcakes.). In German language a backpack with a rigid framework (or the framework itself) is called Kraxe. The British Army uses the word ''bergen'' for a large load-carrying rucksack, from a design issued during the [[Second World War]].
The word ''backpack'' was coined in the [[United States]] in the 1910s. Moneybag and packsack were used before; they now occur mainly as regionalisms. The word rucksack is a German loanword mainly used in the UK and in western [[military]] forces: in German 'der Rücken' means 'the back' (the part of the [[body]]), and Sack for bag. The name Rucksack is cognate with Danish Rygsæk, Norwegian Ryggsekk, Dutch Rugzak, Afrikaans Rugsak and Swedish Ryggsäck. Alternative names include Haversack (the term haversack more properly describes a small cloth bag on a strap worn over one shoulder, and used to carry one or more 'havers' or havercakes or oatcakes.). In German language a backpack with a rigid framework (or the framework itself) is called Kraxe. The British Army uses the word ''bergen'' for a large load-carrying rucksack, from a design issued during the [[Second World War]].
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1914 1914]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1914 1914]
==Definitions==
==Definitions==
*1a : a load carried on the back
*1a : a load carried on the back
''Backpacks'' can often simply be referred to as "packs", especially in outdoors [[contexts]]; though sometimes [[ambiguous]] [[compared]] to other bags such as saddlebags and duffel bags, context is generally sufficient for identification. A bodypack is a backpack fitted with pocket(s) that are suspended on the wearer's front side (chest) and loaded in such a way that the load in the front and the load in the back are about [[equal]]. The majority of the load on a bodypack is carried by the hips.
''Backpacks'' can often simply be referred to as "packs", especially in outdoors [[contexts]]; though sometimes [[ambiguous]] [[compared]] to other bags such as saddlebags and duffel bags, context is generally sufficient for identification. A bodypack is a backpack fitted with pocket(s) that are suspended on the wearer's front side (chest) and loaded in such a way that the load in the front and the load in the back are about [[equal]]. The majority of the load on a bodypack is carried by the hips.
The ideal load carrying system should not disturb the wearer's natural [[posture]], [[balance]] and movement of the [[body]]. The load must be dispersed onto the skeletal structure in a balanced way, and should not produce forces on the body forward, aft, right, or left.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backpack]
The ideal load carrying system should not disturb the wearer's natural [[posture]], [[balance]] and movement of the [[body]]. The load must be dispersed onto the skeletal structure in a balanced way, and should not produce forces on the body forward, aft, right, or left.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backpack]
[[Category: General Reference]]
[[Category: General Reference]]