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- adjective Involving several
passes over something.
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Examples
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Once, when Alphonse Mucha was proofing one of his multi-pass lithographed prints -- a process which required tremendous precision -- he decided there wasn't enough yellow in the mix.
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The multi-pass system is one of the many reasons I see Project Gutenberg books as professional ebooks/etexts.
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With Secure Erase multi-pass is not required to achieve destruction beyond forensic reconstruction.
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Furthermore, the reason that most software products use multi-pass processes is due to the fact that there is a 10% skew rate on the head landing position on the track.
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The multi-pass process attempts to use the law of averages to make sure that the areas to the left or right of the track center are effectively overwritten.
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And I use the term “multi-pass” in the expected voice on a regular basis.
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Wipe Package from Ubuntu Unleashed – Adds secure multi-pass file deletion to your right click menu, like the aforementioned DeleteOnClick does in Windows.
Properly Erase Your Physical Media | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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In actuality, I spent my time learning to blow glass and construct vacuum lines, and to measure low concentrations of photolysis products using a temperamental, delicate, almost impossible to align, multi-pass Perkin-Elmer IR machine connected to a vacuum line.
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Champion oil filters help provide optimal engine protection and longer service life through substantially higher multi-pass capacity and efficiency than comparably priced filters from other suppliers.
unknown title 2011
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Champion oil filters help provide optimal engine protection and longer service life through substantially higher multi-pass capacity and efficiency than comparably priced filters from other suppliers.
unknown title 2011
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