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write-back

write-back is the alternative form of writeback.

Meaning of writeback

Noun

writeback (plural writebacks)

  1. An operation in which data previously read into a cache is written back to permanent storage.

Forms of write-back

pluralwrite-backs

Questions about write-back

What is write-back the alternative form of?
Write-back is the alternative form of writeback.

Words near write-back in the dictionary

  1. write the book
  2. write up
  3. write-ahead log
  4. write-ahead logging
  5. write-around
  6. write-back
  7. write-backs
  8. write-down
  9. write-downs
  10. write-in
  11. write-ins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: write-back (page history and authors); writeback (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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