# IBM Cloud Object Storage

You can back up data in IBM Cloud Object Storage (COS).

## Key Features

- Make a backup copy of the data by backing it up to local storage repository.

- For optimal load sharing, you can distribute restores to the cloud using multiple streams.

## Terminology

This documentation uses the following terminology.

Term | Description
--- | ---
object storage repository | The interface that backs up the IBM COS data.
account | The entity that represents the data in an IBM COS storage account. You can configure multiple object storage repositories to manage multiple storage accounts.
content group | The entity that defines the IBM COS data to be backed up.
object | The entity that represents a unit of storage in IBM COS.
bucket | The entity that represents a collection of IBM COS objects.

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