Rot(s) or rotting may refer to:

Decay

Organic matter

* Rot, decomposition of organic matter ** Dry rot, of wood **

Root rot Root rot is a condition in which anoxic conditions in the soil or potting media around the roots of a plant cause them to rot. This occurs due to excessive standing water around the roots. It is found in both indoor and outdoor plants, although ...

** Wet rot, of wood *

Necrosis Necrosis () is a form of cell injury which results in the premature death of cells in living tissue by autolysis. Necrosis is caused by factors external to the cell or tissue, such as infection, or trauma which result in the unregulated dige ...

, of tissue

Technology

* Bit rot,

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. Example Below are several digital images ill ...

** Software rot, a form of bit rot *

Disk rot Disc rot is the tendency of CD, DVD, or other optical discs to become unreadable because of physical or chemical deterioration. The causes include oxidation of the reflective layer, physical scuffing and abrasion of disc, reactions with contaminan ...

, also called CD Rot or DVD rot, the physical decay of optical disks * Link rot, hyperlinks becoming broken

Music

* ''Rot'' (album), an album by German rapper Sabrina Setlur * ''Rot'' (SITD), an album by the German band SITD:* ''Rotting'' (EP), by the Brazilian metal band Sarcofago * "Rot", a song by Northlane in 2015 album '' Node'' * "Rotting", a song by Green Day in 2002 album '' Shenanigans''

Places

* Rot (Bad Mergentheim), a subdivision of the town of Bad Mergentheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany * Rot (Apfelstädt), a river of Thuringia, Germany * Rot (Danube), a river in Upper Swabia, Germany * Rot (Kocher), a river of Baden-Württemberg, Germany * Rot an der Rot, a village on the Rot river, Baden-Württemberg, Germany * Rot, Sweden, a village in the Älvdalen Municipality, Sweden

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