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Glossary 53

Mb –

(Megabit) When used to describe data storage, equal to one million

bits.

Mbps –

(Megabits per second) When used to described data transfer

rates, it refers to one million bits per second.

NTFS –

The primary ﬁle system for Windows 2000 and XP operating

system that organizes ﬁles on your computer. Supports large capacity hard

drives up to 2 TB.

Operating System –

Software that allows the user and programs

installed on your system to communicate with computer hardware such as

a hard drive and processor.

Partition –

A way to logically divide a hard drive so that an operating

system treats each partition as if it were a separate hard drive. Each partition

is assigned a unique drive letter in Windows or icon in the Mac OS.

Port –

A connection or socket on the motherboard, controller card, case,

or chassis for connecting peripheral devices, such as a USB socket or

FireWire socket.

Restore Point –

A snapshot of your ﬁles based on a speciﬁc date in

time. It contains all the ﬁles and folders you select to backup, as they exist

at the time that you back up.

Script –

A saved backup procedure for Retrospect that you can schedule

to run at some future date and time or on a repeating schedule, such as

daily. You may create as many scripts as you wish.

Spin Down –

Refers to the actual spinning of the disk mechanism.

When a disk spins down, it stops spinning, thus conserving power.

TB –

(Terabyte) Equal to 1,000,000,000,000 (trillion) bytes.

USB –

Universal Serial Bus, a standard for connecting external devices to

your computer.

Volume –

A ﬁxed amount of storage on a hard drive. The term volume is

often used as a synonym for the drive itself, but it is possible for a single

drive to contain more than one volume or for a volume to span more than

one drive.

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