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Remanence or Magnetic Remanence

Remanence or Magnetic Remanence definition - hacker
The information that stays behind after storage media are erased. The information remains in the form of traces of the original magnetization of a storage device. Remanence is a treasure trove for forensic investigators who need to determine what was stored on a disk erased by an alleged perpetrator before it could be secured for investigation.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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