Associations to the word «Scratchpad»

Wiktionary

SCRATCHPAD, noun. A pad of paper for preliminary notes or sketches or writings, etc.
SCRATCHPAD, noun. (computing) (in transaction processing systems) A piece of temporary memory to hold details of a current conversation, usually scratchpad memory.

Dictionary definition

SCRATCHPAD, noun. (computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke