Shredding, shred, shredder, or shredders may refer to:
Equipment
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Industrial shredder
An industrial shredder is a machine used to break down materials for various applications such as recycling, volume reduction, and product destruction. Industrial shredders come in many different sizes and design variations based on what particle ...
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Paper shredder
A paper shredder is a mechanical device used to cut sheets of paper into either strips or fine particles. Government organizations, businesses, and private individuals use shredders to destroy private, confidential, or otherwise sensitive docum ...
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Scrap metal shredder
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Woodchipper, or tree shredder
Arts, entertainment, and media
Films
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''Shred'' (film), a 2008 film by David Mitchell
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''Shredder'' (film), a 2003 film by Craig Donald Carlson and Greg Huson
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
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Shred guitar, a speed-based virtuoso style of electric guitar playing
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Shredder (''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''), a supervillain in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise
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Shredders (music group)
Shredders is an American hip hop group from Minneapolis, Minnesota. It consists of rappers P.O.S and Sims and producers Lazerbeak and Paper Tiger. The four are part of the Doomtree collective. The group's debut studio album, ''Dangerous Jumps'' ...
, an American hip hop group
* ''Shredder'', a 1973 album by
The Wackers
The Wackers was an American folk rock band formed in 1970, out of another band, Roxy. Though short-lived the band was moderately successful, releasing three studio albums.
Career
Singer/songwriter Bob Segarini and multi-instrumentalist Randy ...
* "Shredder", a 1998 single by
Christopher Lawrence
Computing
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Shred (Unix)
is a command on Unix-like operating systems that can be used to securely delete files and devices so that it is extremely difficult to recover them, even with specialized hardware and technology; assuming it's even possible to recover the file ...
, a Unix command for secure file deletion
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Shredder (software)
Shredder is a commercial chess engine and graphical user interface (GUI) developed in Germany by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen in 1993. Shredder won the World Microcomputer Chess Championship in 1996 and 2000, the World Computer Chess Championship in 19 ...
, a chess program developed by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
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Shredding (data remanence)
Data remanence is the residual representation of digital data that remains even after attempts have been made to remove or erase the data. This residue may result from data being left intact by a nominal file deletion operation, by reformatting o ...
, overwriting storage media with new data to erase it
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Shredding (disassembling genomic data) Shredding refers to the process in bioinformatics of taking assembled gene sequences and disassembling them into short sequences of usually 500 to 750 base pairs (bp). This is generally done for the purpose of taking the short ''shredded'' sequenc ...
, in bioinformatics
* Shredder, the alpha build of
Mozilla Thunderbird
Sports
* Shredding, the activity of street
skateboarding
Skateboarding is an extreme sport, action sport originating in the United States that involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard, as well as a recreational activity, an art form, an entertainment industry Profession, job, and a ...
* Shredding, an activity of
skiing
Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow. Variations of purpose include basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IO ...
* Shredding, an activity of
snowboard
Snowboards are boards where the user places both feet, usually secured, to the same board. The board itself is wider than most skis, with the ability to glide on snow."snowboarding." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 17 Mar ...
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* Shredding, an activity of
mountain biking
Mountain biking is a sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, usually using specially designed mountain bikes. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and pe ...
* Shredding, an activity of
bodybuilding
Bodybuilding is the use of progressive resistance exercise to control and develop one's muscles (muscle building) by muscle hypertrophy for aesthetic purposes. It is distinct from similar activities such as powerlifting because it focuses ...
also known as cutting
Other uses
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Shred Optics
Shred Optics is a manufacturer of sunglasses, helmets and goggles designed for skiing, mountain biking, snowboarding and other forms of outdoor recreation. The company is based in Park City, Utah, and Venice, Italy.
History
Shortly after ...
, a manufacturer of sunglasses, helmets, and goggles
* Shredder, an inflatable
whitewater craft
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Shredding (tree-pruning technique) Shredding is a traditional European method of tree pruning by which all side branches are removed repeatedly leaving the main trunk and top growth. In the Middle Ages the practice was common throughout Europe, but it is now rare, found mainly in cen ...
See also
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Food processor, a small appliance that can shred
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Garbage disposal unit, of kitchen sinks (or its grinding component particularly)
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Grater, a kitchen tool that can shred foods
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Spoliation of evidence
Tampering with evidence, or evidence tampering, is an act in which a person alters, conceals, falsifies, or destroys evidence with the intent to interfere with an investigation (usually) by a law-enforcement, governmental, or regulatory authority. ...
, a legal term for shredding of documents
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Stracciatella (disambiguation)
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