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:
Cloning is a method of recombining genes in order to take advantage of a bacteria's native ability to recreate plasmids. Engineered plasmids can be used to clone genetic material of up to 10,000 base pairs, the amount of genetic material is limited by the size of the plasmid.