LAN-free backup LAN-free backup A LAN-free backup is a backup of server data to a shared, central storage device without sending the data over the local area network (LAN). It is usually achieved by using a storage area network (SAN). Note that trivial backup to a dedicated, unshared storage device (such as local tape drive) does not meet the definition. The goal of LAN-free backup is to reduce the load on LAN and reduce the time it takes to complete the backup. It offers an alternative way of backup than a simple data copy to network-attached storage (NAS) over LAN It comes
Acronym ... believe that acronyms can be differentiated from other abbreviations in being pronounceable as words. Dictionaries, however, do not make this distinction because writers in general do not. ... "Initialism", an older word than "acronym", seems to be too little known to the general public to serve as the customary term standing in contrast with "acronym" in a narrow sense." About the use of "acronym" to only mean those pronounced as words, "Fowler's Modern English Usage" (3rd ed.) states: "The limitations of the term being not widely known to the general public, "acronym" is also often applied to abbreviations that