<s>
nwipe	B-Application
is	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
computer	B-Application
program	I-Application
used	O
to	O
securely	O
erase	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
maintained	O
by	O
Martijn	O
van	O
Brummelen	O
and	O
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
2.0	O
licence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
is	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
the	O
dwipe	O
program	O
that	O
was	O
previously	O
incorporated	O
in	O
the	O
DBAN	O
secure	O
erase	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
nwipe	B-Application
was	O
created	O
to	O
allow	O
dwipe	O
to	O
be	O
run	O
outside	O
DBAN	O
,	O
using	O
any	O
host	O
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
utilizes	O
a	O
simple	O
text-based	O
ncurses	B-Language
user	O
interface	O
or	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
directly	O
from	O
the	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
available	O
as	O
an	O
installable	O
package	O
in	O
the	O
repositories	O
of	O
many	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
,	O
including	O
Debian	O
and	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
nwipe	B-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
as	O
version	O
0.17	O
on	O
20	O
October	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
nwipe	B-Application
can	O
be	O
set	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
different	O
patterns	O
,	O
through	O
the	O
method	O
selection	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
two	O
types	O
of	O
pseudo	B-Algorithm
random	I-Algorithm
number	I-Algorithm
generators	I-Algorithm
:	O
</s>
<s>
nwipe	B-Application
has	O
also	O
been	O
incorporated	O
in	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
rescue	O
toolkit	O
packages	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
All	O
in	O
One	O
-	O
System	B-Application
Rescue	I-Application
Toolkit	O
,	O
Parted	O
Magic	O
,	O
and	O
SystemRescueCD	B-Application
.	O
</s>
