Definition of anthropology. 1  1 : the science of human beings; especially : the study of human beings and their ancestors through time and space and in relation to physical character, environmental and social relations, and culture. 2  2 : theology dealing with the origin, nature, and destiny of human beings.
This type of backup is often described as a âbare metal backupâ because it backs up physical disks at the volume level. In other words, a true disk image is an exact copy of an entire physical disk or disk partition.
The other type of disk image is more correctly a filesystem image. This approach is aware of the type of filesystem you have on your hard disk and what files are on it. A filesystem image would most likely be the copy your backup utility is referring to.