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When you delete something, the operating system marks it to be overwritten on the hard drive and hides it from being seen or accessed. If it never gets overwritten, then special software can go in and unmark it and allow it to show up again. Deleting something by overwriting the bits with ones or zeroes is called “wiping” the information and is done with sensitive or classified material.
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