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free space

n
(General Physics) a region that has no gravitational and electromagnetic fields: used as an absolute standard. Also called (no longer in technical usage): vacuum
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At the end of each file, there remains a space called slack space [15].
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The simple act of turning a computer off and back on can change caches, temporary files, meta information like the dates and times files were created, modified, or accessed, and can also alter slack space and other areas on the drive that may have contained crucial evidence for the case.
Some SSD devices take the novel approach of mining the on-device file structure (e.g., Window's NTFS) for data about which areas of storage contain live data and which areas are slack space awaiting reassignment.
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