Dictionary of Business Terms: overwrite
overwrite
record computer data in a disk location formerly occupied by other data. If you save a new file under the same name as an older file, the older file will be overwritten.
Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms: overwrite
overwrite
to write over information that is already on a disk. For example, if you copy a file called ABC.TXT onto a disk that already has a file with the same name, some operating systems will ask you whether you want to overwrite the old file. If you say no, the new file will not be copied.
