Accumulation of data corruption on a storage device over time
Not to be confused with Software rot.
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Data degradation is the gradual corruption of 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.[1] This results in a decline in data quality over time, even when the data is not being utilized.
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