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write

To store data in memory or onto a storage medium, such as disk and tape. Every write operation in the computer implies a read operation from some other place. For example, to write a file to a disk requires reading it from somewhere else. Write is analogous to record on an audio recorder or videotape recorder. See read.

write [rīt]

(computer science)

To transmit data from any source onto an internal storage medium.

A command directing that an output operation be performed.

1.	(chat)	write - Unix's simple talk command and protocol. write has been largely superseded by talk and then irc. An enhancement, RWP, has been proposed.
2.	(tool)	write - A simple text editor for Windows.

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