provide secure backups

offer data duplication

outperform mirroring

require encryption

Blu-ray disc

USB drive

DVD

CD

data to move freely between storage and memory

contaminated items to be cleaned

items to be recorded magnetically on its surface

audio to be translated from analog to digital

optical technology

ceramic platters

reliance on ROM

lack of moving parts

archived and infrequently accessed items

data, information, programs, and applications

updates and other files that have not been scanned or verified

operating system settings

delivering apps over the network to save on local hard drive storage

directing uploads and downloads from a cloud server to the local server

providing storage to users, computers, and devices on a network

assigning each node on a network an IP address

erased electronically and rewritten

automatically encrypted

removed and transferred to another device

converted to ROM as needed

improve processing times

load the operating system upon startup

hold data waiting for long-term storage

expand ROM capacity

data or information

RAM or ROM

a GB or a TB

a 0 bit or a 1 bit

optical

USB

CRT

magnetic