data backup
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It is important and necessary to backup your files regularly! This means you must copy files from your computer to a storage medium (such as a disk or CD-ROM) as a precaution against something happening to your computer and causing the loss of data. "To backup," as a verb, is the process of storing your data; a "backup," as a noun, is the process of "backing up" or the media you chose to store your backed up files.
See also : data storage Zip Disk
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