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data scrubbing

data scrubbing noun: an error-correction technique that periodically inspects main memory or storage for errors, then correct detected errors using redundant data in the form of different checksums or copies of data.

Noun

data scrubbing (uncountable)

  1. An error-correction technique that periodically inspects main memory or storage for errors, then correct detected errors using redundant data in the form of different checksums or copies of data.

Questions about data scrubbing

What does data scrubbing mean?
Data scrubbing means an error-correction technique that periodically inspects main memory or storage for errors, then correct detected errors using redundant data in the form of different checksums or copies of data.
What part of speech is data scrubbing?
Data scrubbing is a noun.

Words near data scrubbing in the dictionary

  1. data science
  2. data scientist
  3. data scientists
  4. data scraping
  5. data scrapings
  6. data scrubbing
  7. data set
  8. data sets
  9. data sheet
  10. data sheets
  11. data sink

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