From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdisaster recoverydiˈsaster reˌcovery noun [uncountable] a system or process that a company has and which it will use if something goes seriously wrong, for example if it loses large amounts of data from its computer system We need to increase the budget allocation for disaster recovery.From Longman Business Dictionarydisaster recoverydiˈsaster reˌcovery noun [uncountable] COMPUTING the process of repairing a computer system that has stopped working completely or has been badly damaged by a storm, fire, or other sudden accidentIt is not unusual for an enterprise to spend 25% of its information technology budget on disaster recovery.