B - Definitions
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bad block
A bad block is an area of storage media that is no longer reliable for storing and retrieving data because it has been physically damaged or corrupted.
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bare-metal cloud
Bare-metal cloud is a public cloud service that offers dedicated hardware resources without any installed operating systems or virtualization infrastructure.
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bare-metal restore
A bare-metal restore (also referred to as bare-metal recovery or bare-metal backup) is a data recovery and restoration process where a computer is restored to a new machine, typically after a catastrophic failure.
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block storage
Block storage is an approach to data storage in which each volume acts as an individual hard drive that is configured by the administrator.
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blockchain storage
Blockchain storage is a way of saving data in a decentralized network, which utilizes the unused hard disk space of users across the world to store files.
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brontobyte
A brontobyte is an unofficial measure of memory or data storage that is equal to 10 to the 27th power of bytes.
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business impact analysis (BIA)
A business impact analysis (BIA) is a systematic process to determine and evaluate the potential effects of an interruption to critical business operations as a result of a disaster, accident or emergency.
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byte
In most computer systems, a byte is a unit of data that is eight binary digits long.
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What is bit rot?
Bit rot is the slow deterioration in the performance and integrity of data stored on storage media.