write-only memory
noun1
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Usually A type of computer memory to which data can be written, but from which it cannot be read.
2
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Informal, Usually A failed or otherwise inoperative memory device.
- Synonyms
- WOM
- Antonyms
- read-only memory, random-access memory
- Related terms
- bit bucket