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title: "Archive Storage glossary"
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# Archive Storage glossary

Available in Classic and VPC.

You must become familiar with a few terms to use Archive Storage. The terminologies and their descriptions are as follows:

### API authentication key

A user identification tool issued for each user, configured as a pair made up of an access key and secret key so that only users with permissions can call APIs, which can control various features of services provided by NAVER Cloud Platform

### Dynamic Large Object (DLO)

A type of file management for files that are 5 GB in size or larger

### Static Large Object (SLO)

A type of file management for files that are 5 GB in size or larger

### Object

Space that is assigned from a storage space and has value, or referenced by an identifier (variables, data structure, function, or method)

### Manifest

In open platform service, a file containing metadata for setting information needed for the distribution of each service

### Bucket

Data storage space. The top directory grouping related objects.

### Life cycle

A process of deleting an object that has been stored in Object Storage for a certain period of time or a process of transferring it to Archive Storage of NAVER Cloud Platform

### Software Development Kit (SDK)

Tool that helps software development. (For example, App Safer provides security SDK(Software Development Kit) that can monitor mobile device routing and malicious or tampered applications, and supports systems to receive API Calls from SDK-mounted devices and go through security check.)

### Object Storage

A NAVER Cloud Platform service that can save and search all types of data on the internet

          Note

          

To see a full list of terms and definitions, go to [Glossary](https://www.ncloud.com/guideCenter/glossary) from the NAVER Cloud Platform portal.