Write may refer to any of the following:
- When referring to data or a storage device, writing is taking information and moving it to an alternate location. For example, saving data onto a diskette is the same as writing information to a diskette.
Almost all forms of media are writable, which means any information can be written to it. However, if a disk or drive is write protected or you don’t have permission to write to the media, you will receive a write error.
- Linux command, see the write command page for further information.
In contrast to writing is reading.
Related information
- How to open, view, and edit the contents of a file on a computer.
- How to open, create, edit, and view a file in Linux.
- How to enable or disable write protection on a USB flash drive.
- Computer file help and support.
In general, write is a term that describes the action of typing text. For example, when you type text into a search engine, such as Google, you are “writing” in your search query.
When dealing with permissions or security, write is a setting that lets a user or computer write to a file. For example, if a file is set as read-only, the computer would not be able to make changes to a file.
A word processor is software used to write a letter or anther type of document.
In MS-DOS and the Windows command line, a file can be made read-only using the attrib command. In Linux, the write attribute can be adjusted using the chmod command.
Attributes, Hardware terms, Read, Rewrite, Save, Write mode
