Deletion
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Deletion is the act of deleting or removal by striking out material, such as a word or passage, that has been removed from a body of written or printed matter.
Deletion may refer to:
Delete may refer to:
Deletion may refer to:
- File deletionFile deletionFile deletion is a way of removing a file from a computer's file system.The reasons for deleting files are#Freeing the disk space#Removing duplicate or unnecessary data to avoid confusion#Making sensitive information unavailable to others...
, a way of removing a file from a computer's file system - Deletion (genetics), deletion of a gene or chromosome segment, symbolized in the literature by a Δ symbol
- Deletion (music industry)Deletion (music industry)Deletion is a music industry term referring to the removal of a record or records from a label's official catalog, so that it is out of print, but usually at a record artist's request....
, a term for removing a record from a label's catalog - Deletion (phonology), a phonological process that allows for the elimination of a segment
Delete may refer to:
- Delete keyDelete keyThe delete key , known less ambiguously as forward delete, performs a function when struck on a computer keyboard during text or command editing, which is to discard the character ahead of the cursor's position, moving all following characters one position "back" towards the freed letterspace. The...
, a key on modern computer keyboards which erases text - Delete (SQL)Delete (SQL)In the database structured query language , the DELETE statement removes one or more records from a table. A subset may be defined for deletion using a condition, otherwise all records are removed.-Usage:The DELETE statement follows the syntax:...
, delete for SQL - DEL, the delete control code in the C0 and C1 control codesC0 and C1 control codesMost character encodings, in addition to representing printable characters, may also represent additional information about the text, such as the position of a cursor, an instruction to start a new line, or a message that the text has been received...
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deleteoperator, a built-in operator in the C++ programming language