Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

file shredder

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables: file shred-der
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A software program designed to overwrite the contents of a data file (or other space on a disk) to prevent recovery of the file contents.

Etymology

Analogous to a paper shredder

Inflected Forms

file shredders (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

overwriter eraser

Questions

What does file shredder mean?: A software program designed to overwrite the contents of a data file (or other space on a disk) to prevent recovery of the file contents.
Where does file shredder come from?: Analogous to a paper shredder

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