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Data
Recovery
The salvaging of data stored on damaged media, such
as magnetic disks and tapes.
data recovery is associated with the process of regaining
any damaged or corrupted computer data that was stored
on a disk, drive or tape. Corrupted data can occur due
to a variety of damage such as fire, water, magnetic
damage or just due to errors, both mechanical and operator.
Data recovery specialists and software can help recover
any data that is still available.
Data Safe
A physical safe that should be fire and tamper-resistant
used for secure storage of mission-critical software
and data files.
Dedicated Servo
A technology in which timing or positioning signals
are located on a dedicated disk containing no user data.
These signals provide the information the actuator needs
to fine-tune the position of the read/write heads.
Denial-of-Service Attack
(DoS)
An attack in which a mail server, Web server or even
telephone system is purposely overloaded with phony
requests so that it cannot respond properly to valid
ones.
Downtime
Time during which a system is unavailable for use due
to scheduled maintenance or unexpected service disruptions
(crashes).
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