A USB pen with data passed around the office is an example of: ()

The correct answer is D. Data at rest. Data at rest is stored data that resides on hard drives, on tapes, in the cloud, or on other storage media like (in this case) a USB pen. Data in processing (also called data in use) is actively used by a computer system. Data sent over a network is called data in motion. Data…

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AData in motion
BData in use
CData in transit
DData at rest

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Data at rest is stored data that resides on hard drives, on tapes, in the cloud, or on other storage media like (in this case) a USB pen. Data in processing (also called data in use) is actively used by a computer system. Data sent over a network is called data in motion. Data in transit is a term that does not usually apply to such a situation.

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