overwrite

noun

Meaning

The operation of destroying older data by recording new data over it.
To destroy (older data) by recording new data over it.
To cover in writing; to write over the top of.
To write too much.
To write in an unnecessarily complicated or florid way; to produce purple prose.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

edit(English)superimpose(English)rewriting(English)rewrite(English)substitution(English)substitute(English)replacement(English)surrogate(English)pointer(English)bios(English)erase(English)override(English)

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Sources

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