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truncate
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truncate

To cut off leading or trailing digits or characters from an item of data without regard to the accuracy of the remaining characters. Truncation occurs when data are converted into a new record with smaller field lengths than the original.


truncate
Biology having a blunt end, as though cut off at the tip


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The formation of these nanoscale polarons truncates the ferromagnetic phase, and thus explains the first-order nature of the transition.
Implementing deposit automation at the front counter within a bank's teller system improves processing quality, decreases the amount of paper by eliminating cash, deposit, control, and general ledger tickets, and truncates checks at the point of presentment.
Since PMDF uses counted strings rather than null terminated strings, and truncates rather than overflowing buffers, it eliminates all sorts of potential security problems.
 
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