| Backup Terms Glossary |
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Types of Backup
In the "Types of Backup" category you can find descriptions of different types of backup and media rotation schemes. You can see the list of the terms from this category below.
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Archival Backup
An archival backup is a type of backup in which all files are copied to a backup storage device. Archival... (more about Archival Backup...)
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Backup rotation schedule
Backup rotation schedule is a schedule, which defines how often a backup is performed, how the data is backed u... (more about Backup rotation schedule...)
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Backup rotation scheme
A backup rotation scheme is a scheme, involving backup media rotation determining various parameters of the backup process. Now nearly... (more about Backup rotation scheme...)
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Cumulative Incremental Backup
A cumulative incremental backup is a backup of all data files that have been modified since the last archival backu... (more about Cumulative Incremental Backup...)
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Differential Backup
Differential backup is a process of backing up only the files that have changed since the last FULL backup. This... (more about Differential Backup...)
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Full Backup
A full backup is a copy of all selected files (sometimes most of hard disk files), kept on a different... (more about Full Backup...)
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Grandfather-father-son backup
A Grandfather-father-son backup is a backup according to the most widely used backup rotation schedule Grandfather-father-son. Currently, Handy Backup does... (more about Grandfather-father-son backup...)
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Image Backup
An image backup is a backup of an entire hard drive by means of creating its image and its probable... (more about Image Backup...)
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Incremental Backup
An incremental backup is a backup in which only the files that have been modified since the last backup are... (more about Incremental Backup...)
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Round robin schedule
A round robin schedule is a schedule, including a rotation of all the objects in the schedule, making sure that... (more about Round robin schedule...)
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Serverless Backup
Serverless backup is a type of LAN free backup that does not use any of the resources of an application... (more about Serverless Backup...)
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Simple backup
A simple backup is the elementary type of files backup. Each time a compressed archive file is created, the new... (more about Simple backup...)
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System Backup
A system backup is a backup of all system files, which allows restoring the operating system to a working state... (more about System Backup...)
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Tar Backup
"Tar backup" means to backup your data using tar compression. It is very useful, for example: "by using compression, you... (more about Tar Backup...)
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Total Backup
A total backup is a backup of all files on the computer. This backup can also be called full backu... (more about Total Backup...)
Backup Term of the Day
Spanning is a process of dividing a large volume of data over several media. A span is a supported function in... (more about Spanning...)
Backup Terms Glossary
The current glossary explains various terms that you may come across while working with Handy Backup or other backup software.
Handy Backup is a popular utility for Windows that is famous for its flexibility and ease of use.
At present, the glossary contains 472 terms. The current section Types of Backup, contains 15 terms.
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Exchange Server Database Backup
Exchange Server database is a database stored on MS Exchange Server as a database (.edb) file. It is used to... (more about Exchange Server Database Backup...)
Backuping data to the disk at periodic intervals without user intervention. This function is useful among backup software. The advantage... (more about Auto Backup...)
Interfaces facilitate communication between different computer systems or allow people to communicate with machines (and vice versa). Interfaces can be... (more about Interface...)
A network backup (LAN backup) is a backup which is created on one computer and is stored on another computer... (more about Network Backup...)
Storage media is any storage device, external, internal, fixed or removable, used for data storage. It can be literally anything... (more about Storage media...)
User interface is the way in which a system presents itself to, and interacts with, a human user. In today's... (more about User interface...)
