Carrying floppy disks, Zip disks, CD-Rs or some other removable recording medium from one machine to another to exchange information when there is no network in place.
Sneakernet
The way to transfer data in a workgroup when the network is down. It's a very reliable method.
Sneakernet
The way to transfer data in a workgroup when the network is down. It's a very reliable method.
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