Backup Glossary

Browse 2 backup terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

2 Backup Terms

Shadow Copy

A point-in-time snapshot of a volume or file system created by the Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS), allowing consistent backups of files that are...

Snapshot

A point-in-time capture of the complete state of a system — such as a filesystem, database, or virtual machine — that can be used for backup, recovery, or...

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