This is a list of notable
backup software that performs
data backup
In information technology, a backup, or data backup is a copy of computer data taken and stored elsewhere so that it may be used to restore the original after a data loss event. The verb form, referring to the process of doing so, is "back up", ...
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Archivers,
transfer protocols, and
version control systems are often used for backups but only software focused on backup is listed here. See
Comparison of backup software for features.
Free and open-source software
Commercial and closed-source software
Defunct software
See also
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Comparison of file synchronization software
Glossary
Free and open-source
Freeware
This is a comparison of the freeware (proprietary software release free of charge) file synchronization software.
Commercial
This is a comparison of commercial software in the fie ...
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Comparison of online backup services
This is a comparison of online backup services.
Online backup is a special kind of online storage service; however, various products that are designed for file storage may not have features or characteristics that others designed for backup have ...
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Data recovery
In computing, data recovery is a process of retrieving deleted, inaccessible, lost, corrupted, damaged, or formatted data from secondary storage, removable media or files, when the data stored in them cannot be accessed in a usual way. The dat ...
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File synchronization
File synchronization (or syncing) in computing is the process of ensuring that computer files in two or more locations are updated via certain rules.
In ''one-way file synchronization'', also called mirroring, updated files are copied from a sourc ...
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List of data recovery software
In computing, data recovery is a process of retrieving deleted, inaccessible, lost, corrupted, damaged, or formatted data from secondary storage, removable media or Computer file, files, when the data stored in them cannot be accessed in a usual ...
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Remote backup service
A remote, online, or managed backup service, sometimes marketed as cloud backup or backup-as-a-service, is a service that provides users with a system for the backup, storage, and recovery of computer files. Online backup providers are companies ...
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Tape management system
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