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A "row" is a logical abstraction. It doesn't exist as a physical thing in many database systems, especially modern ones.

Furthermore, "delete" is commonly defined as "will not be returned in a future selection operation" -- there is no implication that any data is physically deleted and permanently inaccessible. Avoiding physical deletion is done for very good technical reasons to support features and performance that everyone is accustomed to in a database.




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