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autodeletion

autodeletion noun: automatic deletion; the process of autodeleting.

Noun

autodeletion (uncountable)

  1. Automatic deletion; the process of autodeleting.
    • Many BBS features are also available, including autodeletion of old messages.1987, Patrick R. Dewey, 101 software packages to use in your library
    • This is no different from the way you handle autodeletion in any other public folder.2003, Barry Gerber, Mastering Microsoft Exchange Server 2003

Origin of autodeletion

From auto- + deletion.

Questions about autodeletion

What does autodeletion mean?
Autodeletion means automatic deletion; the process of autodeleting.
What part of speech is autodeletion?
Autodeletion is a noun.

Words near autodeletion in the dictionary

  1. autodegradation
  2. autodelete
  3. autodeleted
  4. autodeletes
  5. autodeleting
  6. autodeletion
  7. autodependency
  8. autodependent
  9. autodephosphorylate
  10. autodephosphorylated
  11. autodephosphorylates

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