Write once
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Write once may refer to:
- Write once, run anywhereWrite once, run anywhere"Write once, run anywhere" , or sometimes write once, run everywhere , is a slogan created by Sun Microsystems to illustrate the cross-platform benefits of the Java language. Ideally, this means Java can be developed on any device, compiled into a standard bytecode and be expected to run on any...
, a slogan for the cross-platform benefits of Java - Write once, compile anywhereWrite once, compile anywhereWrite once, compile anywhere refers to writing software that compiles, and is thus usable, on all platforms. As opposed to Sun's write once, run anywhere slogan, cross-platform compatibility is implemented at the source code level, rather than at the compiled binary code level.There are many...
, a slogan for the cross-platform benefits of C - Write-once (cache coherency)Write-once (cache coherency)In cache coherency protocol literature, Write-Once was the first write-invalidate protocol defined. It has the optimization of executing write-update on the first write and a write-invalidate on all subsequent writes, reducing the overall bus traffic in consecutive writes to the computer memory. It...
, a write-invalidate protocol in computer memory design - Write Once Read ManyWrite Once Read ManyA Write Once Read Many or WORM drive is a data storage device where information, once written, cannot be modified. On ordinary data storage devices, the number of times data can be modified is not limited, except by the rated lifespan of the device, as modification involves physical changes that...
, computer storage that can be written to once, but read from multiple times