zeroize
verbid
737·updated May 11, 2026candidate
Overwrite a memory location with data consisting entirely of bits with the value zero so that the data is destroyed and not recoverable. This is often contrasted with deletion methods that merely destroy reference to data within a file system rather than the data itself.
Classifications
Cognitive
Remember60%rule-basednoun_§8.3_default_remember
Responsibility
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
Automation
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
Variants
- pasttense
- zeroized
- presentparticiple
- zeroizing
- thirdpersonsingular
- zeroizes
- pastparticiple
- zeroized
Framework definitions
- §1
- To remove or eliminate the key from a cryptographic equipment or fill device.
- §2 · sense_2_pending_review
- Overwrite a memory location with data consisting entirely of bits with the value zero so that the data is destroyed and not recoverable. This is often contrasted with deletion methods that merely destroy reference to data within a file system rather than the data itself.
- §1
- To remove or eliminate the key from a cryptographic equipment or fill device.
- §1
- Overwrite a memory location with data consisting entirely of bits with the value zero so that the data is destroyed and not recoverable. This is often contrasted with deletion methods that merely destroy reference to data within a file system rather than the data itself.
Outgoing relationships
- verbLevel
rememberlexicon:CognitiveLevel
Incoming relationships
No incoming triples
No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.