Associations to the word «Overwrite»

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

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.