WIPING

Wiping

Wiping or junking is a colloquial term for action taken by radio and television production and broadcasting companies, in which old audiotapes, videotapes, and telerecordings, are erased, reused, or destroyed. The practice was prevalent during the 1960s and 1970s, although it is now less common since associated storage costs have decreased, and especially since the advent of domestic audiovisual playback technology, with broadcasters and production houses realizing both the economic and cultural value of keeping archived material for both rebroadcast and potential profits through release on home video.

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wiping

Noun

  1. The act by which something is wiped.
    multiple wipings of a computer's hard disk
  2. Material wiped off something.
    analysis of wipings taken from a suspect's hands

Verb



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