scratchpad

English

Etymology

scratch +‎ pad.

Noun

scratchpad (plural scratchpads)

1. A pad of paper for preliminary notes or sketches or writings, etc.
2. (computing, in transaction processing systems) A piece of temporary memory to hold details of a current conversation, usually scratchpad memory.

Hypernyms

• pad

Translations

pad of paper

• Catalan: bloc de notes m
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• Finnish: muistilehtiö
• German: Notizblock (de) m, Schmierblock m

in computing

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