Secondary Storage

Disk Caching

Dick caching the small amount of buffer memory present on a hard driver and the cache of disk pages kept by the operating systems, stored in unused main memory. General application-level caching of data stored on the disk.

File Compression

File compression is the practice of packaging a file or files to use less disk space. The File Compression category includes software programs that will archive your files and extract archived files such as ZIP and RAR files.

File Decompression

Many of the files on the Engineering Service Center FTP site are "compressed." To facilitate decompressing these files, we have made many decompression programs available. Every effort is made to ensure that all compression programs have a decompression program available here for Macintosh, Windows, DOS and UNIX based workstations.

Internet Hard Drive

Internet hard drives have served to meet this need, offering a creative new solution to the issue of data storage. The sole purpose of an Internet hard drive is to offer a means of accessing your computer files from any computer, as long as that computer has access to the Internet.

Solid-State Storage

Solid-state storage is a nonvolatile, removable storage medium that employs integrated circuits rather than magnetic or optical media. It is the equivalent of large-capacity, nonvolatile memory.