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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley