Rot(s) or rotting may refer to:

Decay

Organic matter

* Rot,

decomposition Decomposition or rot is the process by which dead organic substances are broken down into simpler organic or inorganic matter such as carbon dioxide, water, simple sugars and mineral salts. The process is a part of the nutrient cycle and is ...

of organic matter **

Dry rot Dry rot is wood decay caused by one of several species of fungi that digest parts of the wood which give the wood strength and stiffness. It was previously used to describe any decay of cured wood in ships and buildings by a fungus which resu ...

, of wood **

Root rot Root rot is a condition in which anoxic conditions in the soil or potting media around the roots of a plant cause them to rot. This occurs due to excessive standing water around the roots. It is found in both indoor and outdoor plants, althoug ...

** Wet rot, of wood *

Necrosis Necrosis () is a form of cell injury which results in the premature death of cells in living tissue by autolysis. Necrosis is caused by factors external to the cell or tissue, such as infection, or trauma which result in the unregulated dig ...

, of tissue

Technology

* Bit rot,

data degradation Data degradation is the gradual corruption of computer data due to an accumulation of non-critical failures in a data storage device. The phenomenon is also known as data decay, data rot or bit rot. Example Below are several digital images ill ...

** Software rot, a form of bit rot * Disk rot, also called CD Rot or DVD rot, the physical decay of optical disks *

Link rot Link rot (also called link death, link breaking, or reference rot) is the phenomenon of hyperlinks tending over time to cease to point to their originally targeted file, web page, or server due to that resource being relocated to a new address ...

, hyperlinks becoming broken

Music

* ''Rot'' (album), an album by German rapper Sabrina Setlur * ''Rot'' (SITD), an album by the German band SITD:* ''Rotting'' (EP), by the Brazilian metal band Sarcofago * "Rot", a song by Northlane in 2015 album ''

Node In general, a node is a localized swelling (a "knot") or a point of intersection (a vertex). Node may refer to: In mathematics * Vertex (graph theory), a vertex in a mathematical graph * Vertex (geometry), a point where two or more curves, line ...

'' * "Rotting", a song by Green Day in 2002 album '' Shenanigans''

Places

* Rot (Bad Mergentheim), a subdivision of the town of Bad Mergentheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany * Rot (Apfelstädt), a river of Thuringia, Germany * Rot (Danube), a river in Upper Swabia, Germany * Rot (Kocher), a river of Baden-Württemberg, Germany *

Rot an der Rot Rot an der Rot () is a town in the district of Biberach in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. The town developed out of Rot an der Rot Abbey. Bilder File:Rot ad Rot, Klosterkirche Sankt Verena (und Maria) Lijst 2 Paragraph 28 foto3 2014-07-28 ...

, a village on the Rot river, Baden-Württemberg, Germany * Rot, Sweden, a village in the Älvdalen Municipality, Sweden

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