Your investments (mutual funds, stocks, etc.) are not insured against market risk â their value may go up or down depending on the market. You are, however, likely insured against the failure of your broker, or a bankâs brokerage subsidiary, by the Securities Investors Protection Corporation.
What is disk cloning? Disk cloning is the act of copying the contents of a computer's hard drive. The contents are typically saved as a disk image file and transferred to a storage medium, which could be another computer's hard drive or removable media such as a DVD or a USB drive. Purposes of disk cloning include:
1. Recombinant DNA Technology -- also known as 'DNA cloning', 'molecular cloning' and 'gene cloning'. Definition: transfer of a DNA fragment of interest from one organism to a self-replicating genetic element (cloning vector). The DNA of interest can then be propagated in a foreign host cell.