Rot(s) or rotting may refer to:

Decay

Organic matter

* Rot,

decomposition Decomposition 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 ess ...

of organic matter **

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

, 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.-Hydroponics Root Rot: What is It, How To Treat It, How ...

Wet rot Wet rot is a generic term used to define a variety of fungal species, such as '' Coniophora puteana'' ( otherwise known as cellar fungus) and '' Choanephora cucurbitarum''. Some species obtain their food by breaking down the cell walls of woo ...

, of wood and other cellulose-rich plant matter *

Necrosis Necrosis () is a form of cell injury which results in the premature death of cells in living tissue by autolysis. The term "necrosis" came about in the mid-19th century and is commonly attributed to German pathologist Rudolf Virchow, who i ...

, of tissue

Technology

* Bit rot,

data degradation Data degradation is the gradual Data corruption, corruption of Data (computing), computer data due to an accumulation of non-critical failures in a data storage device. It is also referred to as data decay, data rot or bit rot. This results in ...

Software rot Software rot (bit rot, code rot, software erosion, software decay, or software entropy) is the degradation, deterioration, or loss of the use or performance of software over time. The ''Jargon File'', a compendium of hacker lore, defines "bit r ...

, 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 *

Root of trust In cryptographic systems with hierarchical structure, a trust anchor is an authoritative entity for which trust is assumed and not derived. In the X.509 architecture, a root certificate would be the trust anchor from which the whole chain of ...

, authoritative entity for which trust is assumed and not derived

Film

*'' Rot (film)'', a 2019 horror drama film directed by Andrew Merrill

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 from their 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, lines ...

'' * "Rotting", a song by Green Day from their 2002 album ''

Shenanigans Shenanigans are secret or dishonest activities that are typically complicated, humorous or interesting. Shenanigans may refer to: * ''Shenanigans'' (game show), a 1964–65 children's television game show * ''Shenanigans'' (EP), a 1995 EP by ...

'' * "The Rot", a song by

Dean Blunt Roy Chukwuemeka Nnawuchi (born 8 February 1984), better known by his pseudonym Dean Blunt, is an English singer-songwriter, musician, producer and contemporary artist. He is best known for his current solo work as well as his previous work as p ...

from his 2021 album ''

Black Metal 2 ''Black Metal 2'' is an album by Dean Blunt, released on Rough Trade Records on 11 June 2021. The album was only formally announced on 8 June 2021, following pictures being posted to the social media accounts of collaborators Vegyn and James Ma ...

Places

Rot (Bad Mergentheim) Bad Mergentheim (; Mergentheim until 1926; East Franconian: ''Märchedol'') is a town in the Main-Tauber-Kreis district in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It has a population of around 23,000. An officially recognized spa town since 1926, ...

, a subdivision of the town of Bad Mergentheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany *

Rot (Apfelstädt) Rot (in its upper course Roth) is a river of Thuringia, Germany. The Rot springs near the district of Gotha. It is a left tributary of the Apfelstädt in Wandersleben. See also *List of rivers of Thuringia A list of rivers of Thuringia, Ger ...

, a river of Thuringia, Germany *

Rot (Danube) The Rot is a southern tributary of the river Danube in the region of Upper Swabia in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It has a length of 56 km. The Rot runs in a northerly direction parallel to the river Iller to the east, and Westernach t ...

, a river in Upper Swabia, Germany *

Rot (Kocher) The Rot is a river of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Kocher. In order to distinguish it from similar named other rivers (some of then flowing quite nearby), this Rot is sometimes also called ''Fichtenberger Rot''. Its ...

, 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 Rot ( Elfdalian: ''Ruot'') is a locality situated in Älvdalen Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It b ...

, a village in the Älvdalen Municipality, Sweden

Other uses

Rot (mathematics) In vector calculus, the curl, also known as rotor, is a vector operator that describes the infinitesimal circulation of a vector field in three-dimensional Euclidean space. The curl at a point in the field is represented by a vector whose leng ...

, rotation vector operator