different between overwriter vs eraser

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. []

Related terms

  • file shredder
  • eraser

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eraser

English

Etymology

erase +? -er

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: ?-r?z?, IPA(key): /???e?z?/
  • (US) enPR: ?-r?s?r, IPA(key): /???e?s?/
  • Rhymes: -e?z?(?) (UK)
  • Rhymes: -e?s?(?) (US)

Noun

eraser (plural erasers)

  1. One who erases.
  2. (Canada, US) A thing used to erase or remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil.
    I have worn out the eraser on this pencil.
  3. (Canada, US) A thing used to erase something written by chalk on a chalkboard, by marker on a whiteboard, or by some other erasable implement; a chalkboard eraser, whiteboard eraser, etc.
  4. (computing) An overwriter program used to prevent data recovery.

Synonyms

  • (thing used to remove markings): (UK, India) rubber, (UK) india rubber, (UK) bungee

Translations

Anagrams

  • Reaser, rarees, searer, serrae

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