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holographic disk drive
24 Apr 2008
WORD - A holographic disk drive is a holographic storage device that uses a laser to store data to optical media in three dimensions, maximizing storage capacity by using the media's depth. Most optical media, such as CD, DVD, ...

solid-state drive
15 Feb 2008
WORD - An SSD (solid-state drive or solid-state disk) is a storage device that stores persistent data on solid-state flash memory. SSDs actually aren't hard drives at all, in the traditional sense of the term, as there are no ...

backup robot
05 Oct 2007
WORD - A backup robot is an automated USB 2.0 external storage device that supports multiple removable SATA hard drives. Data Robotics' "Drobo" is the first example of a digital backup robot. It doesn't use robotic ...

Robson
08 Apr 2007
WORD - Robson is a mass storage system similar to a hybrid hard drive (HHD). Robson technology combines a conventional hard drive with a flash memory card. The flash memory handles the data most frequently written to or retrieved ...

hybrid hard drive
04 Apr 2007
WORD - A hybrid hard drive (HHD) is a mass storage device that contains both a conventional hard drive and a flash memory module. The flash memory handles the data most frequently written to or retrieved from storage. Several ...

DASD
24 Mar 2003
WORD - DASD, pronounced DAZ-dee (Direct access storage device), is a general term for magnetic disk storage devices. The term has historically been used in the mainframe and minicomputer (mid-range computer) environments and is ...

disk-to-disk-to-tape
19 Jul 2004
WORD - Disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T) is an approach to computer storage backup and archiving in which data is initially copied to backup storage on a disk storage system and then periodically copied again to a tape storage system (or ...

Serial ATA
19 Jan 2004
WORD - Serial ATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment or SATA) is a new standard for connecting hard drives into computer systems. As its name implies, SATA is based on serial signaling technology, unlike current IDE (Integrated ...

Secure Digital card
29 Sep 2002
WORD - A Secure Digital (SD) card is a tiny memory card used to make storage portable among various devices, such as car navigation systems, cellular phones, eBooks, PDAs, smartphones, digital cameras, music players, camcorders, ...

memory card
28 Jun 2002
WORD - A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices. Most of ...

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