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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-27-08 12:37 PM
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What does "mirrored" mean?
As in when you are downloading free software - can somebody explain in lay terminology what that means and why it is used?

THANKS.
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DaveJ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-27-08 12:43 PM
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1. Duplicate
It's just another place (server) that has the exact same file you want. Mirroring is also used so that in case of a failure on one server, another location has the same information stored.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-27-08 01:33 PM
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2. that makes too much sense
:rofl: it's gotta be more complicated than that:P
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MyNameGoesHere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-28-08 10:58 AM
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3. I swear by Mother Durga that is is that simple.
Nice avatar BTW.
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