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- noun A
device that performsdegaussing .
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"degausser" - an instrument that disrupts and realigns the tape's magnetic domains, scrambling the encoded information and rendering it permanently unreadable.
Slate Magazine Jessica Dweck 2010
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And since I was up on the roof and did not see any follow up answer, from all the good scientists out there; about the Nasa, Moon tapes vs. the "degausser"... remember rabbit?
Eli can retire Part VIII - The EPA reads Rabett Run EliRabett 2010
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He's testing the degausser, a giant magnet that erases data from classified hard drives.
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A Slashdot user posed a question: how to conclusively destroy 15-some hard-drives without spending big bucks on a degausser or wasting a lot of time waiting for DBAN to run.
Boing Boing Cory Doctorow 2011
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This method isn't cheap, though: A government-certified degausser costs thousands of dollars, and bargain-basement versions are unreliable.
Slate Magazine Jessica Dweck 2010
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Check out UK degausser manufacturer Verity Systems
Techworld.com News 2009
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