overwriter
nounEtymology From overwrite + -er.
1
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences 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:
- Related terms
- file shredder, eraser