file shredder

noun

file shredder

noun

Etymology Analogous to a paper shredder

1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences 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.

Related terms
overwriter, eraser

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