Handy Backup Glossary | Index: A
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- ATA
- ATA is short for Advanced Technology Attachment. ATA was first approved May 12, 1994 under the ANSI document number X3.221-1994 and is an interface... More about ATA...
- Application Configuration
- Configuration settings that applications generally store on your computer (in text or binary format). Its can be the name of a mail server or the... More about Application Configuration...
- Application Settings
- Configuration settings that applications generally store on your computer (in text or binary format). Its can be the name of a mail server or the... More about Application Settings...
- Access
- Access is a process of obtaining data from files or acquiring the use of a device. Access implies an input/output (I/O) operation, and is used as a... More about Access...
- Adapter
- A device that allows one system to connect to and work with another. An adapter is often a simple circuit that converts one set of signals to... More about Adapter...
- AES
- AES, Short for Advanced Encryption Standard, is a symmetric 128-bit block data encryption technique developed by Belgian cryptographers Joan Daemen... More about AES...
- Archival Backup
- An archival backup is a type of backup in which all files are copied to a backup storage device. Archival backups are also called full backup... More about Archival Backup...
- Archive
- An archive is a long-term data storage (greater than or equal to 1 year). It may also mean the location where long-term data is stored (generally... More about Archive...
- Automatic Backup
- An automatic backup is possible when a backup software supports scheduling, like Handy Backup for instance. Then a backup runs automatically on a set... More about Automatic Backup...
- Auto-configuration
- Auto-configuration is the automatic configuration of devices without manual intervention, without any need for software configuration programs or... More about Auto-configuration...
- Auto Backup
- Backuping data to the disk at periodic intervals without user intervention. This function is useful among backup software. The advantage of an auto... More about Auto Backup...
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- 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. There are 13 terms starting with A.
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- Multimediacard
- A MultiMediaCard (MMC) is a tiny memory card that uses flash memory to make storage portable among various devices, such as car navigation systems... More about Multimediacard...
- SFTP
- SFTP may mean one of the following: SSH File Transfer Protocol, which a file transfer protocol employing the SSH-2 protocol to secure connection. or... More about SFTP...
- Usb Flash Drive
- A flash memory card that plugs into the computer's USB port. Small enough to hook onto a key chain, it emulates a small disk drive and allows data to... More about Usb Flash Drive...
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