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DRAW

(Direct Read After Write) Reading data immediately after it has been written to check for recording errors.

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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

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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.

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DRAW [drȯ]

(computer science)

direct read after write