Is there a fundamental difference between backups and version control?

Question

How does version control differ from plain backups?

Let\'s forget about the feature decoration, and concentrate on the soul of version control. Is there a clear line

Answer 1

Version control is basically an automated backup system that allows multiple users to contribute. There are absolutely more features involved with software like CVS, but yeah, it's a backup system under the hood. That doesn't mean you should manually backup instead of use version control, though, they're just in the same niche of computing.