# trim command

> command that informs an SSD or other computer drive of blocks which are no longer considered in use and can be wiped internally

**Wikidata**: [Q957004](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q957004)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trim_(computing))  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/trim-command


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)