What's the Diff?

Posts in our What’s the Diff? series introduce technical concepts and terms in concise and easy-to-understand language.

What’s the Diff: RAM vs. Storage

February 1, 2024 by Molly Clancy // 17 Comments

What’s the Diff: Programs, Processes, and Threads

January 11, 2024 by Molly Clancy // 38 Comments

What’s the Diff: NAS vs. SAN

September 6, 2023 by Vinodh Subramanian // 14 Comments

What’s the Diff: Hot and Cold Data Storage

August 10, 2023 by Molly Clancy // 14 Comments

What’s the Diff: VMs vs. Containers

July 14, 2023 by Molly Clancy // 14 Comments

What’s the Diff: Backup vs Archive

October 28, 2022 by Barry Kaufman // 8 Comments

What’s the Diff: Thunderbolt and USB

July 15, 2022 by Barry Kaufman // 22 Comments

What’s the Diff: DAM vs. MAM

July 1, 2022 by Barry Kaufman // 4 Comments

What’s the Diff: Private Cloud vs. Public Cloud

October 28, 2021 by Molly Clancy // 1 Comment

Hard Disk Drive (HDD) vs. Solid-state Drive (SSD): What’s the Diff?

October 5, 2021 by Andy Klein // 31 Comments

What’s the Diff: 3-2-1 vs. 3-2-1-1-0 vs. 4-3-2

July 21, 2021 by Natasha Rabinov // 7 Comments

What’s the Diff: Sync vs Backup vs Storage

May 28, 2019 by Yev // 56 Comments

What’s the Diff: Megabits and Megabytes

August 18, 2016 by Peter Cohen // 7 Comments

What’s the Diff: Time Machine vs. Time Capsule

March 22, 2016 by Peter Cohen // 9 Comments

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