write-back

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write-back definition

memory management
A cache architecture in which data is only written to main memory when it is forced out of the cache.
Opposite of write-through. See also no-write allocation.
(1996-06-12)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © Denis Howe 2010 http://foldoc.org
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