write protect tab

Definitions

Computing

• noun
  (written as write-protect tab)
  a tab on a floppy disk which if moved prevents any writing to or erasing from the disk

Electronics

• (written as write-protect tab)
  A movable or removable object or device, such as a notch or a label, whose position or presence determines whether writing to a given medium is possible. Seen, for instance, on floppy disks. Also called write protect notch.

Information & Library Science

• noun a tab on a disk which if moved prevents any writing to or erasing from the disk

Nearby Definitions of “write protect tab”

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• write in
• write off
• write once
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• write time
• write-up
• writedown
• writer

Contexts for “write protect tab”

3 definitions in context
• Computing
• Electronics
• Information & Library Science