To store data into a particular memory location The read operation is often called store operation When a word is written in a memory location, it replaces the word that was previously stored there
If you write to a computer or a disk, you record data on it. You should write-protect all disks that you do not usually need to write to. see also writing, written
communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week" record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk" communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!" communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon" mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper" produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels
to record new information on a storage medium such as a disk In text editing, to send a temporary file to the disk where it will replace the previous version (if any) of the file
{f} mark with symbols and letters on a surface (with a pen, pencil, etc.); record, register; compose; carve, engrave; record data onto a storage medium (Computers)