USB
USB is a hardware interface that is used for low-speed peripherals, such as a keyboard, mouse, joystick, scanner, printer, and modem. USB supports plug-and-play installation and hot plugging, and up to 127 peripheral devices can be connected to one USB port. Flash USB drives are now becoming popular, so it may be wise to backup files to a flash memory USB drive to make sure the important information is always at hand.
Term of the Day
- 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 Storage Media contains 45 terms.
Other "Storage Media" Terms
- FTP server
- The term FTP server can mean one of two things: Computer responsible for serving any kind of files, via the File Transfer Protocol to FTP... More about FTP server...
- Optical Disc
- An optical disc is a storage medium from which data is read and to which it is written by lasers. Optical discs can store much more data -- up to 6... More about Optical Disc...
- SATA
- SATA, is short for Serial ATA. SATA 1.0 was first released in August 2001 and is a replacement for the Parallel ATA interface used in IBM compatible... More about SATA...
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