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overwriter en · NOUN

Etymology

From overwrite + -er.

Meanings

  1. Software that writes over the contents or unused section of a data store to prevent recovery of sensitive information.
  2. One who writes too much.
    • Overwriters sometimes have an endearingly sincere rationale: “I want to make writing that's pretty. […] 2018, Amy E. Weldon, The Writer's Eye:

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Relateds

file shredder · eraser