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write-through

write-through is the alternative form of writethrough.

Meaning of writethrough

Noun

writethrough (countable and uncountable, plural writethroughs)

  1. An operation in which data written to a cache is then immediately copied to permanent storage, ensuring that cache and storage are always in agreement.

Forms of write-through

pluralwrite-throughs

Questions about write-through

What is write-through the alternative form of?
Write-through is the alternative form of writethrough.

Words near write-through in the dictionary

  1. write-offs
  2. write-onable
  3. write-only
  4. write-only memories
  5. write-only memory
  6. write-through
  7. write-throughs
  8. write-up
  9. write-ups
  10. write-what-where
  11. writeability

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Adapted from Wiktionary: write-through (page history and authors); writethrough (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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