Volume
Volume is a storage unit. A volume can either be a physical storage unit or a logical storage unit. Physical storage units include hard drives, floppy disks, and disk cartridges, CD-ROMs, and reels of tapes. A logical storage unit can be part of one physical drive or can span several drives.
Term of the Day
- Data Replication
- Data replication is a process of copying data from a one site to one or more sites for increased security or performance. It is very much like data... More about Data Replication...
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
- 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...
- data
- Data usually means the following: - Distinct pieces of information, usually formatted in a special way. All software is divided into two general... More about data...
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