Clearing
nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026
Removal of data from an information system, its storage devices, and other peripheral devices with storage capacity, in such a way that the data may not be reconstructed using common system capabilities (i.e., through the keyboard); however, the data may be reconstructed using laboratory methods.
polysemousNISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Senses
Wordset Dictionary
the act of removing solid particles from a liquid
Wordset Dictionary
the act of freeing from suspicion
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a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
Classifications
Entity Type
Process0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity
—88%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
—75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants
- synonym
- clarificationglade
- plural
- Clearings
- possessive
- Clearing's
- pluralpossessive
- Clearings'