Definition of memory-hole - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

information

TECH.

system for erasing inconvenient or embarrassing information

TECH.

The government used a memory-hole to delete records of the incident.

revisionism

TECH.

concept of deliberately forgetting inconvenient facts

TECH.

The scandal was quickly sent down the memory-hole.

censorship

erasure

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Origin of memory-hole

English, memory (recollection) + hole (gap)

Examples of memory-hole in a sentence

Critics accused the company of using a memory-hole to hide its mistakes.
The truth was hidden in the memory-hole.
Critics accused the government of using a memory-hole tactic.

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French:mécanisme d'effacement de l'information, trou de mémoire, ...
German:Gedächtnisloch, ...
Italian:buco della memoria, dimenticatoio, ...
Spanish:agujero de memoria, olvido intencionado, ...
Portuguese:buraco da memória, ...
Chinese:记忆洞, ...
Japanese:記憶の穴, 忘却の穴, ...
Arabic:ثُقْب الذَّاكِرَة, مَحْو الذَّاكِرَة, ...
Hebrew:חוֹר זִיכָּרוֹן, חוֹר הַזִּכָּרוֹן, ...
Russian:памяти дыра, забвение, ...
Ukrainian:система стирання, діра пам'яті, ...
Hindi:असुविधाजनक या शर्मनाक जानकारी मिटाने की व्यवस्था, स्मृति-छिद्र, ...
Bengali:মেমরি-হোল, মেমোরি-হোল, ...
Catalan:mecanisme d'esborrament, forat de la memòria, ...
Czech:mechanismus pro vymazávání nepohodlných informací, paměťová díra, ...
Danish:memory hole, hukommelseshul, ...
Dutch:geheugenhol, geheugenput, ...
Greek:μηχανισμός διαγραφής ενοχλητικών πληροφοριών, λήθη, ...
Hungarian:információeltüntető rendszer, a kellemetlen tények eltüntetése a köztudatból, ...
Khmer:ប្រព័ន្ធលុបបំបាត់ព័ត៌មានដែលមិនគួរឱ្យចង់ឮ ឬគួរឱ្យអាម៉ាស់, គំនិតនៃការបំភ្លេចចោលដោយចេតនានូវការពិតដែលមិនស្រួលចិត្ត, ...
Korean:기억 구멍, 기억구멍, ...
Persian:سامانهٔ حذف اطلاعات نامطلوب, فراموشی عمدی, ...
Polish:dziura pamięci, mechanizm wymazywania pamięci, ...
Portuguese (BR):buraco da memória, ...
Romanian:gaura memoriei, uitare intenționată, ...
Swedish:minneshål, ...
Thai:ระบบลบข้อมูลที่ไม่พึงประสงค์, หลุมความทรงจำ, ...
Turkish:hafıza deliği, unutma deliği, ...
Vietnamese:hệ thống xóa thông tin bất lợi, lãng quên, ...

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Definition of memory-hole - Reverso English Dictionary

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