Writethrough

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

  write-through
       
           (Or "write-thru") A {cache} architecture in
          which data is written to main memory at the same time as it is
          cached.
       


          Opposite of {write-back}.  See also {buffered write-through},
          {posted write-through}, {no-write allocation}.
       
          (1996-06-12)