"incremental backup" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: incremental backups [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} incremental backup (countable and uncountable, plural incremental backups)
  1. (computing) A backup method where only the information that has changed since a previous backup is saved. Wikipedia link: incremental backup Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing Translations (backup method): különbözeti mentés (Hungarian)

Inflected forms

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