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:

• 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.
• Deletion (genetics), deletion of a gene or chromosome segment, symbolized in the literature by a Δ symbol
• Deletion (music industry), 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 key, a key on modern computer keyboards which erases text
• Delete (SQL), delete for SQL
• DEL, the delete control code in the C0 and C1 control codes
• the delete operator, a built-in operator in the C++ programming language
• "Delete!", the battle cry of the Cybermen, antagonists from the British sci-fi television series Doctor Who.

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