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DRAW
(Direct Read After Write) Reading data immediately after it has been written to check for recording errors.
draw
1. US and Canadian a small natural drainage way or gully
2. a defect found in metal castings due to the contraction of the metal on solidification

draw [drȯ]
(engineering)
To haul a load.
(metallurgy)
A fissure or pocket in a casting formed when the supply of molten metal is inadequate during solidification.
To remove a pattern from a foundry flask.
(mining engineering)
To remove timber supports, allowing overhanging coal to fall down for collection.
To allow ore to run down chutes from stopes, chambers, or ore bins.
To collect broken coal in trucks.
To hoist coal, rock, ore, or other materials to the surface.
The horizontal distance to which creep extends on the surface beyond the stopes.

DRAW [drȯ]
(computer science)


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Moyes is now faced with the choice of whether to continue pursuing Banega - who the Blues successfully obtained a work permit for last week - or drawing stumps and pursuing an alternative option.
The former was cancelled before racing, while Navan survived three races before drawing stumps.
He ended a 92-Test career in the Caribbean last month and will be drawing stumps for the last time at The Oval in his 172nd one-day international.
 
 
 
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