remanence

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Telecommunications

1. Residual information remaining on storage media after clearing. [INFOSEC-99] 2. The persistence of information on computing or communications media or equipment even following a purge [CESG]. Note: Normally used to refer to residual information which would only be accessible using specialist techniques. Example: magnetic remanence. See also: Object Reuse, Purge.

ATIS — ATIS Telecom Glossary 2007