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self-delete

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To commit suicide; to take one's own life.
To self-destruct.
Of code, to overwrite itself upon completion, usually with 0x00 or 0xFF bytes that represent an unwritten region.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-self-delete.wav

Word forms

self-delete self-deletes self-deleting self-deleted

Etymology

From self- + delete.

Derived words

self-deletion

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