overwriter

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noun

Software that writes over the contents or unused section of a data store to prevent recovery of sensitive information.

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Meanings

nounoverwriter (plural overwriters)

plural overwriters

  1. computingSoftware 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

Origin

From overwrite + -er.

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APA

overwriter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overwriter

MLA

“overwriter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overwriter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overwriter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overwriter.

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