Definition: Overwritten Data


This refers to data, which has been physically overwritten by other data. Data that is physically overwritten by other data cannot be recovered.




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Megabyte (MB)

Expression used to describe storage capacity or amount of data. One megabyte is about one million of bytes/characters (10242).

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