Wipe
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Wipe or wiping may refer to:
Hygiene
[edit]- Toilet paper or wet wipes, or their use
Arts and media
[edit]- Wipe (transition), a gradual transition in film editing
- Wipe curtain, a kind of theater curtain
- Wipe or Screenwipe, a television series by Charlie Brooker
Technology
[edit]- Wiping (magnetic tape), a process in which old television and radio recordings were overwritten, erased, or destroyed
- Data erasure, purging a computer file to counter data remanence
- Degaussing of ships' hulls to guard against magnetic naval mines
Other uses
[edit]- Wuhan Institute of Physical Education (WIPE), a university in China
See also
[edit]- Wiped joint, a form of soldered joint used to join lead pipework