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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation Computers write once, read many

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  • initialism computing Write Once Read Many, a type of disc drive. See write once.

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Examples

  • See the difference between a MAN, and a WORM, is that the man recognizes, and vocalizes his weaknesses, so he can turn them into strengths.

    Think Progress » Matalin Defends Coulter’s Attack on 9/11 Widows 2006

  • It was in May 1988, in the debut of "Video Watchdog" in the pages of GOREZONE #1, that I first reported the atrocities imposed upon Michael Reeves' cult classic THE CONQUEROR WORM aka WITCHFINDER GENERAL, 1968 by HBO Video's VHS release.

    Archive 2007-09-09 2007

  • It was in May 1988, in the debut of "Video Watchdog" in the pages of GOREZONE #1, that I first reported the atrocities imposed upon Michael Reeves' cult classic THE CONQUEROR WORM aka WITCHFINDER GENERAL, 1968 by HBO Video's VHS release.

    WITCHFINDER GENERAL in Stores Tomorrow 2007

  • "I was sitting in on a rehearsal with some musician friends in an improvisational electronic/brass band called WORM under a railway arch in Brixton," she said.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • It’s already being called WORM, for “What Obama Really Meant”.

    dustbury.com » A night at the comic opera 2008

  • -- Improve the security of data with features such as WORM and encryption

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2010

  • SANDISK'S WRITE ONCE READ MANY "WORM" SD CARD STORES IMAGES FOR UP

    Engadget 2010

  • This is not necessarily a negative, depending on the types of regulations you are trying to comply with – a number of standards require a write-once, read-many (WORM) type of archive.

    RedGate targets disaster recovery Logan G. Harbaugh 2010

  • With a simple experience for both users and administrators and a low price for small organizations, ESA is a plausible fit for organizations that need a WORM archive.

    RedGate targets disaster recovery Logan G. Harbaugh 2010

  • Now I know full well should Tedisco win, the usual suspects will have banner headlines shouting “OBANOMICS REFUTED” and “THE WORM HAS TURNED - GOP BACK IN BUSINESS.”

    Balloon Juice » 2009 » March 2009

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