Overwriter

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Software that writes over the contents or unused section of a data store to prevent recovery of sensitive information.
  2. 2
    One who writes too much.

    "Overwriters sometimes have an endearingly sincere rationale: “I want to make writing that's pretty. […]"

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"Overwriters sometimes have an endearingly sincere rationale: “I want to make writing that's pretty. […]"

Etymology

From overwrite + -er.

Related phrases

file shredder

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