Data degradation

Data degradation is the gradual corruption of computer data due to an accumulation of non-critical failures in a data storage device. The phenomenon is also known as data decay, data rot or bit rot. This process leads to the slow deterioration of data quality over time, even if the data is not actively being used or accessed.

Not to be confused with Software rot.
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