rsync is a utility for efficiently transferring and synchronizing files between a computer
and an external hard drive and across networked computers by comparing the modification
times and sizes of files.
It is commonly found on Unix-like operating systems. Rsync is written in C as a single threaded application.
The rsync algorithm is a type of delta encoding, and is used for minimizing network usage.
Zlib may be used for additional data compression,
and SSH or stunnel can be used for security.
Rsync is the facility typically used for synchronizing software repositories on
mirror sites used by package management systems