Associations to the word «Overwrite»
Noun
- Pointer
- Overflow
- Byte
- Buffer
- Disk
- Deletion
- File
- Zero
- Stack
- Folder
- Attacker
- Kernel
- Datum
- Password
- Data
- Directory
- Payload
- Partition
- Boot
- Interrupt
- Blank
- Parchment
- Storage
- Insertion
- Memory
- Os
- Insert
- Cookie
- Routine
- Address
- Update
- Sector
- Hardware
- Dos
- User
- Bio
- Utility
- Variable
- Functionality
- Code
- Software
- Virus
- Allocation
- Tape
- Configuration
- Error
- Drive
- Copy
- Instruction
- Edit
- Derivative
- Input
- Array
- Read
- Content
- Log
- Parameter
- Algorithm
- Personality
- Option
- Donor
- Editing
- Mode
- Value
- Heap
- Modification
- Medium
- Matrix
- Implement
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
OVERWRITE, verb. (transitive) (computing) To destroy (older data) by recording new data over it.
OVERWRITE, verb. (transitive) To cover in writing.
Dictionary definition
OVERWRITE, verb. Write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data; "overwrite that file".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.