write-back

<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.

Last updated: 1996-06-12

Nearby terms:

write ♦ WRITEACOURSE ♦ write-back ♦ write buffer ♦ Write-Once Read-Many

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