How does bitrot work?
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“Bitrot” just means that data storage gets corrupted over time. Anything could be the cause. Sometimes the materials themselves just degrade over time because of UV radiation, heat, humidity, oxidation, or physical wear. Sometimes, the property that makes it able act as storage degrades with time — magnetic fields flip a magnetic state, a stray bit of radiation flips a gate, whatever.
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