Deletion

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Deletion or delete may refer to:

Computing

  • File deletion, a way of removing a file from a computer's file system
  • Code cleanup, a way of removing unnecessary variables, data structures, cookies, and temporary files in a programming language
  • Delete key, a key on modern computer keyboards that erases text
  • Delete (SQL), an SQL statement that removes data entries
  • Delete character, DEL, the delete control code in ASCII and C0 and C1 control codes
  • delete (C++) operator, a built-in operator in the C++ programming language

Arts and entertainment

  • Deletion (music industry), a term for removing a record from a label's catalog
  • Delete (miniseries), a 2011 TV miniseries
  • Delete (Dara Bubamara song)
  • Delete (DMA's song)
  • Delete (Story Untold song)
  • "Delete!", a catchphrase used by professional wrestler Matt Hardy under his Broken gimmick.

Other uses

  • Deletion (genetics), deletion of a gene or chromosome segment, symbolized in the literature by a Δ symbol
  • Elision, the deletion of a sound or sounds
  • Ellipsis (linguistics), grammatical deletion of a word
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