A backup power supply with enough power to allow a safe and orderly shutdown of the central processing unit should there be a disruption or shutdown of electricity.

Connecting to another computer and sending a copy of a program or file to that computer. See also Downloading.

Records that are helpful but not required on a daily basis for continued operations.

Manual procedures to be implemented during a computer system outage.

Periodic simulations of disaster recovery conditions for the purpose of evaluating how well an individual or department is prepared to cope with disaster conditions.