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writeback

noun

Etymology

From write + back.

  1. inherited from *bʰeg-✻ — “to bend”
  2. inherited from *baką✻
  3. inherited from *bak✻
  4. inherited from bæc
  5. inherited from bak
  6. compounded as writeback — “write + back”

Definitions

  1. An operation in which data previously read into a cache is written back to permanent…

    An operation in which data previously read into a cache is written back to permanent storage.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for writeback. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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