"data wipe" meaning in All languages combined

See data wipe on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: data wipes [plural], datawipe [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} data wipe (plural data wipes)
  1. (computing) The process of deleting all data from a device or account.
    Sense id: en-data_wipe-en-noun-wcdL0jpc Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Verb [English]

Forms: data wipes [present, singular, third-person], data wiping [participle, present], data wiped [participle, past], data wiped [past], datawipe [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} data wipe (third-person singular simple present data wipes, present participle data wiping, simple past and past participle data wiped)
  1. (computing, computer hardware, transitive) To perform a data wipe. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-data_wipe-en-verb-ZXtuZG3- Categories (other): Computer hardware, Computing Topics: computer-hardware, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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