overwriter

English

Etymology

overwrite +‎ -er

Noun

overwriter (plural overwriters)

  1. (computing) 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.
    • 2018, Amy E. Weldon, The Writer's Eye:
      Overwriters sometimes have an endearingly sincere rationale: “I want to make writing that's pretty. […]
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