When Techie guys talk about backup, maybe you don’t know exactly what they are talking about. So, let me explain a bit about backup.
Backup is a copy you made from a device to another with recovering purposes, in case you have problems with your original files. That’s an essential procedure for those using computers and others digital devices, such as digital cameras and MP3 players. Nowadays, most known backup types are CR-ROM, DVD, HD and Magnetic Tapes.
All important Operational systems have tools to implement your backup, but, there are thousands of powerful softwares out there, to create and restore your data.
Here’s an excellent article explaining all types of backup, history, and what type of backup is the best for you.
The following graphic shows a Backup Time Line, covering the most important backup strategies in the history. (click in the picture to maximize it)
You will learn how Punch Card Backups are a Reference Point in Backup History, and why they were replaced by Magnetic Tapes and Tape Backup.
The article also feature Backup using hard-drives and floppy disks, until our times, when people are using flash drives, Blu-Ray and HD-DVD to keep their data safe.
The article is a time travel, and you will learn when network backups began to be used, and why online backups are growing so fast.
It’s a interesting article for techie and non-techie people.
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