data deletion

US (alt): /ˈdætə dɪˈliːʃən/

Definition

Definition of data deletion - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

technology

TECH.

removal of stored information from a computer system or database

TECH.

User requests for data deletion must be processed within thirty days.
The company introduced automatic data deletion for inactive accounts.
Regular audits ensure compliance with our data deletion policies.

excess

overindulgence

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Expressions with data

massage the data

change numbers or information to make results look better

They tried to massage the data before the report was published.

a flood of data

overwhelming amount of information to process

The researchers faced a flood of data from the new study.

torture the data

manipulate data to get desired results

The scientist decided to torture the data to support his hypothesis.

basic data

essential simple facts or figures needed to describe or understand something

The form asks for basic data like your name and address.

customer data

information collected about buyers such as identities purchases and contact details

The company uses customer data to improve its marketing campaigns.

data collector

person whose job is to gather information for some purpose

The company hired a data collector to interview customers after each visit.

Expressions with deletion

file deletion

removal of a stored computer file from a device or system

Accidental file deletion caused the loss of several important project documents.

soft deletion

operation marking data as inactive without erasing it

The system uses soft deletion to preserve data integrity.

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time to live

networking

duration data exists in a network before deletion

tombstone

technology

replace data with a marker for deletion

ILM

acr.

acr: Information Lifecycle Management

system for managing data from creation to deletion

recovered file

technology

digital document or data brought back after deletion damage or software crash

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French:suppression de données, ...
German:Datenlöschung, ...
Italian:cancellazione dei dati, ...
Spanish:eliminación de datos, ...
Portuguese:eliminação de dados, ...
Chinese:数据删除, ...
Japanese:データ削除, ...
Arabic:حَذْف البَيانات, ...
Hebrew:מְחִיקַת נְתוּנִים, ...
Russian:удаление данных, ...
Ukrainian:видалення даних, ...
Hindi:डेटा विलोपन, ...
Bengali:ডাটা মুছে ফেলা, ...
Catalan:supressió de dades, ...
Czech:výmaz dat, ...
Danish:datasletning, ...
Dutch:gegevenswissing, ...
Greek:διαγραφή δεδομένων, ...
Hungarian:adattörlés, ...
Khmer:ការលុបទិន្នន័យ, ...
Korean:데이터 삭제, ...
Persian:حذف داده, ...
Polish:usunięcie danych, ...
Portuguese (BR):exclusão de dados, ...
Romanian:ștergerea datelor, ...
Swedish:databorttagning, ...
Thai:การลบข้อมูล, ...
Turkish:veri silme, ...
Vietnamese:xóa dữ liệu, ...

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