Bit rot may refer to:
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Bit Rot Bit rot may refer to:
* " Bit Rot", a short story by Charles Stross
* Data rot, the decay of electromagnetic charge in a computer's storage
** Disc rot
Disc rot is the tendency of CD, DVD, or other optical discs to become unreadable because of ph ...
", a short story by Charles Stross
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Data rot, the decay of electromagnetic charge in a computer's storage
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Disc rot, the deterioration of optical media such as DVDs and CDs
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Software rot
Software rot (bit rot, code rot, software erosion, software decay, or software entropy) is either a slow deterioration of software quality over time or its diminishing responsiveness that will eventually lead to software becoming faulty, unusabl ...
, the deterioration of unmaintained software
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