write-around

adjective

Being or relating to a kind of cache where data at the location of a missed write is not loaded to cache, but written directly to the backing store. Data is loaded into the cache on read misses only.

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Meanings

adjectivewrite-around (not comparable)
  1. not comparablecomputingBeing or relating to a kind of cache where data at the location of a missed write is not loaded to cache, but written directly to the backing store. Data is loaded into the cache on read misses only.
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write-around. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/write-around

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “write-around,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/write-around.

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