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DELETING

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-007570

The process of permanently removing, erasing, or obliterating recorded information from a medium, especially a magnetic tape or disk, which then may be reused. In electronic records, sometimes called scratching or erasing.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-007570
FieldEnvironment
SubjectPolicy and guidance
SynonymsERASING; SCRATCHING
ReferencesRecords Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-007570",
  "term": "DELETING",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "The process of permanently removing, erasing, or obliterating recorded information from a medium, especially a magnetic tape or disk, which then may be reused. In electronic records, sometimes called scratching or erasing.",
  "synonyms": [
    "ERASING",
    "SCRATCHING"
  ],
  "subject": "Policy and guidance",
  "references": [
    "Records Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/deleting/"
}

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