textscrubbing
nounUK /ˈtekstˌskrʌbɪŋ/
US /ˈtekstˌskrʌbɪŋ/
Cleaning up words on a screen to fix mistakes or hide private parts.
The app uses textscrubbing to remove bad words from comments.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. The act of quickly reading through text to find and remove errors.
A quick textscrubbing caught three typos before we printed the flyer.
3. A process in computing that removes unwanted characters or formatting from text.
The script does textscrubbing to strip HTML tags from the feed.
4. The practice of hiding sensitive information in a document before sharing it.
Textscrubbing kept the customer names out of the public report.