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101Write-only documentation — (WOD) is a tongue in cheek term for documentation that is [http://www.doceo.co.uk/reflection/2006/10/on write only documents.htm written to satisfy a process] but never read subsequent to its writing. Derogatory termWhile write only documentation …
102Write-only memory — is the antithesis of read only memory (ROM). By definition, a WOM is a memory device which can be written but never read. Since there seems to be no obvious utility for such a memory circuit, from which data cannot be retrieved, the concept is… …
103Write (Unix) — write can refer to several Unix commands. All known variations of write are used to write messages to another user. The most popular variation sends a message directly to another user s TTYUsageThe correct syntax for the write command is: write… …
104write-protect — ˌwrite proˈtect verb [transitive] COMPUTING to make it impossible for a computer user to write information onto a computer disk, or change the details of an existing file, so that information is not changed or destroyed: • Once write protected, a …
105Write Once Read Many — Write Once, Read Many (alternatively Write One, Read Multiple or Write Once, Read Mostly or WORM) refers to computer data storage systems, data storage devices, and data storage media that can be written to once, but read from multiple times. [… …
106Write-only language — is a derogatory term for a programming language whose syntax is considered inscrutable. Write only code is source code so arcane, complex, or ill structured that it cannot be reliably modified or even comprehended by anyone with the possible… …
107write-off — write offs 1) N COUNT Something such as a vehicle that is a write off has been so badly damaged in an accident that it is not worth repairing. [BRIT] The car was a write off, but everyone escaped unharmed. 2) N COUNT A write off is the decision… …
108write back — ˌwrite ˈback [intransitive/transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they write back he/she/it writes back present participle writing back past tense …
109Write once, run anywhere — (WORA), or sometimes Write once, run everywhere (WORE), is a slogan created by Sun Microsystems to illustrate the cross platform benefits of the Java language. [cite web url=http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/1996 01/sunflash.960123.10561.xml… …
110write-protected — write protect UK US verb [T] IT ► to protect the data on a computer disk so that it cannot be changed or removed by a user: »Many operating systems include a command to write protect files. write protected adjective ► »a write protected disk/file …
