Writeback

1 definition found

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  write-back
       
           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)