(databases) An operation in which data is erased from the database (as opposed to a soft deletion).

plural of expletive deleted

plural of hard deletion

plural of soft deletion

(linguistics) The phenomenon of the dropping of the orthographic inherent vowel in speech, in Indo-Aryan languages that use abugidas.

plural of delete character

(computing) the last character in the ASCII repertoire, coded as 127, designed to erase incorrect characters on paper tape

simple past tense and past participle of self-delete

(Internet slang, humorous, euphemistic) An act of suicide; an act of taking one's own life. / (computing, programming) The act of self-deleting.

present participle of self-delete