It's on the tip of my tongue

[computerchip]

What is the technical term for old unused data taking up space on your storage devices? There is a technical term for it, like a very specific word of phrase, and I can't for the life of me remember it.

[dafyre]

@computerchip said in It's on the tip of my tongue:

What is the technical term for old unused data taking up space on your storage devices? There is a technical term for it, like a very specific word of phrase, and I can't for the life of me remember it.

Archive?

[dafyre]

Or Cold Storage?

[computerchip]

not the words im looking for. =/

[thwr]

Usually cold data. Maybe "abandoned" / "orphaned"?

[NashBrydges]

Orpahned data maybe is what you're looking for.

[DustinB3403]

Data bloat is what I use.

[RojoLoco]

Fuffery

[scottalanmiller]

@thwr said in It's on the tip of my tongue:

Usually cold data. Maybe "abandoned" / "orphaned"?

Those are best, I think.

[scottalanmiller]

Storage debt

[TonyKnobel]

Cruft?

[dbeato]

Obsolete?

[manxam]

hoarding

[JackCPickup]

Old crap

[scottalanmiller]

Junk?

[scottalanmiller]

We can do this all day.

[JackCPickup]

@scottalanmiller Sounds like a good idea

[bnrstnr]

Anybody say "legacy" yet?

[scottalanmiller]

Leftover?

[Danp]

Garbage?

Junk?