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overwrite

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1. overwrite - Noun

2. overwrite - Verb

Meaning

write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data

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overwrite that file Source: Internet

All memory at and above address 0x00500 can be used by the boot program; it may even overwrite itself. Source: Internet

By convention the subroutine expected this and the first thing it did was to overwrite its final jump instruction with that address so that it returned. Source: Internet

After the number of log files reaches this number, subsequent file rotations overwrite the oldest log file. Source: Internet

Be sure to set the root partition to another new partition, different from the installer; do not overwrite the whole drive. Source: Internet

Exploitation is performed by corrupting this data in specific ways to cause the application to overwrite internal structures such as linked list pointers. Source: Internet

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