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'''File synchronization''' (or '''syncing''') in computing is the process of ensuring that [[computer file]]s in two or more locations are updated via certain rules.

Generally, there are [https://www.plative.com/bidirectional-data-synchronizations-in-salesforce-ask-an-expert/ three basic types of synchronization]:

1. Unidirectional

2. Bidirectional

3. Two-way unidirectional<ref>{{cite web |last1=Masri |first1=David |title=Bidirectional Data Synchronizations in Salesforce | Ask An Expert |url=https://www.plative.com/bidirectional-data-synchronizations-in-salesforce-ask-an-expert/ |website=Plative |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref>

In ''one-way file synchronization'', also called [[Web mirror|mirroring]], updated files are copied from a source ___location to one or more target locations, but no files are copied back to the source ___location. In ''two-way file synchronization'', updated files are copied in both directions, usually with the purpose of keeping the two locations identical to each other. In this article, the term synchronization refers exclusively to two-way file synchronization.