noun
Meaning 1
A read operation that inherently erases the data that was read, requiring it to be immediately written back to the storage medium to prevent loss of data.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, often
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Examples
- Although ferroelectric RAM has many advantages over conventional DRAM, it does share one of DRAM's disadvantages: as with DRAM, reading a FeRAM cell is a destructive read process which erases any data in the cell. When using FeRAM for persistent nonvolatile storage, this destructive-read nature can potentially result in data loss or corruption if power to the device is suddenly lost during a read operation.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided