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WORM (Acronym)

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

Write once, read many times. A type of optical disk where a computer can save information once, can then read that information, but cannot change it.

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Write once, read many times. A type of optical disk where a computer can save information once, can then read that information, but cannot change it.