Delete

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Delete \De*lete"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deleted}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Deleting}.] [L. deletus, p. p. of delere to destroy. Cf.
     1st {Dele}.]
     To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           I have, therefore, . . . inserted eleven stanzas which
           do not appear in Sir Walter Scott's version, and have
           deleted eight.                           --Aytoun.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  delete
       v 1: remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your
            list" [syn: {cancel}]
       2: wipe out magnetically recorded information [syn: {erase}]
          [ant: {record}]
       3: cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes" [syn: {edit},
           {blue-pencil}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  105 Moby Thesaurus words for "delete":
     KO, abbreviate, abridge, abrupt, alienate, annul, black out, blot,
     blot out, blue-pencil, bowdlerize, call off, cancel, cast off,
     cast out, censor, complete, cross out, cut, cut adrift, cut off,
     cut out, dele, depart, disarticulate, disconnect, disengage,
     disjoin, disjoint, dispose of, dissociate, disunite, divide,
     divorce, drop the curtain, edit, edit out, efface, eject,
     eliminate, end off, eradicate, erase, estrange, exclude, expel,
     expunge, expurgate, extinguish, finalize, finish, fold up,
     get it over, get over with, get through with, give the quietus,
     isolate, kayo, kibosh, kill, knock out, leave, obliterate, omit,
     part, perfect, polish off, pull away, pull back, pull out,
     put paid to, raze, remove, rescind, rub out, rule out, scrag,
     scratch, scratch out, segregate, separate, sequester, set apart,
     set aside, shoot down, shut off, split, sponge, sponge out,
     stand aloof, stand apart, stand aside, step aside, strike,
     strike off, strike out, subtract, throw off, throw out, uncouple,
     unyoke, void, wipe out, withdraw, zap
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  delete
       
          1.  (Or "erase") To make a file
          inaccessible.
       
          Usually this operation only deletes information from the
          tables the {file system} uses to locate named files; the
          file's contents still exist on {disk} and can sometimes be
          recovered by scanning the whole disk for strings which are
          known to have been in the file.  Files created subsequently on
          the same disk are quite likely to reuse the same blocks and
          thus overwrite the deleted file's data permanently.
       
          2.  The {control character} with {ASCII} code 127.
          Usually entering this character from the keyboard deletes the
          last character typed from the {input buffer}.  Sadly there is
          great confusion between {operating systems} and keyboard
          manufacturers as to whether this function should be assigned
          to the delete or {backspace} key/character.
       
          The choice of code 127 (binary 1111111) is not arbitrary but
          dates back to the use of {paper tape} for input.  The delete
          key rewound the tape by one character and punched out all
          seven holes, thus obliterating whatever character was there
          before.  The tape reading software ignored any delete
          characters in the input.
       
          (1996-12-01)