Cloud storage services provide continuous, automatic synchronization of files between local devices and a remote repository, mediated by a client application that mirrors a designated folder (or selectively downloads files on demand) so that changes made on any linked device propagate to all others. A related mechanism, automated media backup, applies the same synchronization principle specifically to photographic and video content, often layering in content-based indexing/retrieval (image recognition search) and offering a trade-off between storage capacity and file fidelity (compressed versus original-resolution retention).
Cloud storage services provide continuous, automatic synchronization of files between local devices and a remote repository, mediated by a client application that mirrors a designated folder (or sele…