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by jaspax 1113 days ago
Katastropheas dedomenon

Means, I think, "given over to overthrows".
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greenpeas 1113 days ago
google translate gives a different translation: data shredder or data destructor

https://translate.google.com/?sl=el&tl=en&text=%CE%BA%CE%B1%...

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hgsgm 1113 days ago
Dedomenon meant given in the Biblical past, and data now. ("Take is as given", in a logical/mathematical sense).

For a database integrity scientist, "data destroyer" makes sense.

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jaspax 1113 days ago
Ha! Well, that's what I get for having studied Classical Greek in school but not Modern Greek.
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