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Grandfather-father-son

nounid 2687·updated May 12, 2026
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Retaining multiple versions of the back-up files off-site on a "grandfather-father-son" rotating basis is recommended. This tape methodology creates three sets of back-up tapes: daily incremental sets or "sons," weekly full sets or "fathers," and end-of-month tapes or "grandfathers."

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Classifications

Entity Type

Process0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

Internal70%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

70%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

plural
Grandfather-father-sons
possessive
Grandfather-father-son's
pluralpossessive
Grandfather-father-sons'

Framework definitions

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
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Retaining multiple versions of the back-up files off-site on a "grandfather-father-son" rotating basis is recommended. This tape methodology creates three sets of back-up tapes: daily incremental sets or "sons," weekly full sets or "fathers," and end-of-month tapes or "grandfathers."
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Retaining multiple versions of the back-up files off-site on a "grandfather-father-son" rotating basis is recommended. This tape methodology creates three sets of back-up tapes: daily incremental sets or "sons," weekly full sets or "fathers," and end-of-month tapes or "grandfathers."
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