Overwrite or overwriting can refer to:
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Overwriting (prose), a writing style of needlessly over-elaborating a point
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Overwriting (cognitive memory), a type of interference with memory
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Data erasure
Data erasure (sometimes referred to as data clearing, data wiping, or data destruction) is a software-based method of data sanitization that aims to completely destroy all electronic data residing on a hard disk drive or other digital media by ...
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Overstrike
In typography, overstrike is a method of printing characters that are missing from the printer's character set. The character is created by placing one character on another one – for example, overstriking ⟨L⟩ with ⟨-⟩ results in prin ...
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Overtype
The Insert key (often abbreviated Ins) is a key commonly found on computer keyboards.
It is primarily used to switch between the two text-entering modes on a personal computer (PC) or word processor:
* overtype mode, in which the cursor, whe ...
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