Carbonite is also a fictional ionic compound in the Star Warsuniverse. What this is has never been satisfactorily determined. By the rules of chemical nomenclature, the formula for a "carbonite anion" would be CO22-, which was thought to be an impossible formation (methanoate being preferentially formed instead). Another more likely possibility is that carbonite is a mineral, which are usually named with the suffix "-ite" (see List of minerals). Carbon freezing was originally a way for Bespin to transport their Tibanna gas. In Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Han Solo is frozen in carbonite. The procedure leaves him in suspended animation. After this, it was used for imprisoning criminals. Following modern chemistry nomenclature, carbonite would technically be an "alloy" made of frozen carbon dioxide.
Carbonite is also a trademark of Carbonite Inc, a company that sells online backup services to consumers.
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Carbonite is about to release a new consumer desktop backup product, which is the subject of this interview.
People will go into Staples to buy Carbonite for their home PC and think, Gee that would be great for my small business too. So well have to come out with an enterprise edition sometime in the near future.
In a couple of years, youll be able to buy Carbonite just the way you would but virus protection: at retail stores in a box, via your ISPs as an add-on to your DSL bill, pre-installed on computers, etc. Backup will become a regular part of the consumer computing landscape.
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