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Backup

A concept that can help you make safer digital choices.

  1. The useful idea

    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.

  2. How it works

    The verb form, referring to the process of doing so, is "back up", whereas the noun and adjective form is "backup".

  3. Why it matters

    Backups can be used to recover data after its loss from data deletion or corruption, or to recover data from an earlier time.

Use Backup to recognize risk and choose the safer digital action.

Use Backup to recognize risk and choose the safer digital action.

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  • How it works
  • Why it matters

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.

EvergreenLast verified 2026-07-19

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