Which term describes data that is saved on physical devices like hard drives?

• A. File backups
• B. System backups
• C. Stored locally
• D. Stored remotely

Answer: (C)

Data saved on physical devices like hard drives is stored locally. Local storage means the data sits on devices you control in your own environment—inside your computer’s hard drive or SSD, on an attached external drive, or on a network-attached storage device within your local network. This is different from stored remotely, which would place data on servers outside your immediate environment, such as cloud services. The other options describe backups or the scope of backups, not the location. Stored locally directly describes the data’s physical residence on local hardware.