file shredder

noun

Etymology

Analogous to a paper shredder

Definitions

  1. A software program designed to overwrite the contents of a data file (or other space on a…

    A software program designed to overwrite the contents of a data file (or other space on a disk) to prevent recovery of the file contents.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for file shredder. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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