This is a list of notable
backup software
Backup software are computer programs used to perform a backup; they create supplementary exact copies of files, databases or entire computers. These programs may later use the supplementary copies to restore the original contents in the event of ...
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", w ...
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Archivers,
transfer protocols, and
version control systems
In software engineering, version control (also known as revision control, source control, or source code management) is a class of systems responsible for managing changes to computer programs, documents, large web sites, or other collections o ...
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
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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 da ...
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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 files, when the data stored in them cannot be accessed in a usual way. The dat ...
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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
Notes
References
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Backup software
Backup software are computer programs used to perform a backup; they create supplementary exact copies of files, databases or entire computers. These programs may later use the supplementary copies to restore the original contents in the event of ...
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