Hot Swap
To pull out a component from a system and plug in a new one while the main power is still on. Also called "hot plug" and "hot insertion," hot swap is a feature of USB devices, allowing an external drive, network adapter or other peripheral to be plugged in without having to power down the computer first.
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- Hard Disk Image Software
- Disk image is a complete copy of all hard drive data, which is made on a physical level. Disk images are created through a fundamentally different... More about Hard Disk Image Software...
Backup Software Glossary
Current glossary explains various terms that you may come across while working with Handy Backup or other backup software.
Handy Backup is a backup utility for Windows Servers and PCs that is famous for its flexibility and ease of use.
The glossary contains 473 terms. The current section General IT contains 41 terms.
Other "General IT" Terms
- Logoff
- Logoff is a process or a result of the process of ending a session under an operating system, with a certain computer, an FTP server, network, or... More about Logoff...
- Plain Text
- Plain text refers to textual data in ASCII format. Plain text is the most portable format because it is supported by nearly every application on... More about Plain Text...
- Zip
- As a verb (to zip) it usually means to compress a file in the .zip file format. Zip files are created by using algorithms for compressing files into... More about Zip...
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