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Humorous fictional type of computer memory
used as a joke or euphemism for a failed memory device. The first use of the term is generally attributed to Signetics, whose write-only memory literature
Write-only_memory_(joke)
Topics referred to by the same term
Write-only memory may refer to: Write-only memory (joke), a jocular term for a useless device Write-only memory (engineering), memory that cannot be read
Write-only_memory
Computing concept
In information technology, a write-only memory (WOM) is a memory location or register that can be written to but not read. In addition to its literal
Write-only memory (engineering)
Write-only_memory_(engineering)
Humorous scheduling algorithm "First In, Nothing Out"
queue can be used to implement a memory leak. The first mention of FINO appears in the Signetics 25120 write-only memory joke datasheet. Bit bucket Black hole
FINO
Fictional electromechanical machine
Unobtainium – Rare or fictional material Write-only memory (joke) – Humorous fictional type of computer memory Widget (economics) – Abstract name for a
Turbo_encabulator
Computer machine code instruction
coma bug Pentium F00F bug Killer poke Magic smoke lp0 on fire Write-only memory (joke) NOP (code) The SM83 CPU is similar to the Z80, but not directly
Halt and Catch Fire (computing)
Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(computing)
Humour about computers and their users
Friendly, a former daily webcomic Working Daze, a comic strip Write-only memory (joke) xkcd, a webcomic Zaltair, a fictional computer created by Steve
Computer_humour
1961–1975 American integrated circuits manufacturer
it is given as a classic OTA example in a number of textbooks. Write-only memory (joke) "NXP Semiconductors: Company History". Silicon Valley Historical
Signetics
1967 novel by Milan Kundera
The Joke (Czech: Žert) is Milan Kundera's first novel, originally published in 1967. It describes how a student's private joke derails his life, and the
The_Joke_(novel)
1988 graphic novel by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland
Batman: The Killing Joke is a 1988 DC Comics one-shot graphic novel featuring the characters Batman and the Joker written by Alan Moore, illustrated by
Batman:_The_Killing_Joke
Lost data in computing
The bit bucket is related to the first in never out buffer and write-only memory, in a joke datasheet issued by Signetics in 1972. In a 1988 April Fool's
Bit_bucket
a peer reviewed journal, and later retracted. Write-only memory: Signetics advertised write-only memory (WOM) ICs in their databooks in 1972 through the
List of April Fools' Day jokes
List_of_April_Fools'_Day_jokes
Programming language for experimentation or art
programming languages), or as a joke. The use of the word esoteric distinguishes them from languages that working developers use to write software. The creators
Esoteric_programming_language
2012 dungeon crawler video game
character's alignment; the sixth is a joke ending in the tradition of previous Silent Hill games. Book of Memories entered development in summer 2010. Konami
Silent_Hill:_Book_of_Memories
Words which have been described as inherently funny
2016). "Telling the world's least funny jokes: On the quantification of humor as entropy". Journal of Memory and Language. 86: 141–156. doi:10.1016/j
Inherently_funny_word
Memory bias
an idea, a tune, a name, or a joke; they are not deliberately engaging in plagiarism, but are experiencing a memory as if it were a new inspiration
Cryptomnesia
3rd episode of the 1st series of Black Mirror
Team Downey. Armstrong planned to write the script, which would be about a man who uses a grain to repeat memories with his deceased wife, gradually learning
The_Entire_History_of_You
Japanese manga series
and Koyama, reading jokes submitted by listeners on air. Mimei, who succeeds at nearly everything he tries, has never had a joke read on air, and idolizes
Someone_Hertz
10th episode of the 4th season of Futurama
universe, store it in a colossal memory bank called the Infosphere, and destroy the rest of the universe. Fry is the only one who can stop them. The Nibblonians
The_Why_of_Fry
Word processor application for the Apple Macintosh
However, as it held the entire document in memory, and memory of the era was limited, MacWrite was only usable for documents up to about eight pages
FullWrite_Professional
English novelist and screenwriter (born 1955)
on 17 May 2022. Horowitz is the only author in recent years to have been invited by Ian Fleming Publications to write successive, official James Bond
Anthony_Horowitz
General-purpose programming language
than either static memory or heap space, and dynamic memory allocation allows convenient allocation of objects whose size is known only at run time. Most
C_(programming_language)
American singer and actor (1917–1995)
him with bread rolls. They performed slapstick, reeled off old vaudeville jokes and did whatever else popped into their heads. This success led to a series
Dean_Martin
Device file that discards all data written to it
Device file Filesystem Hierarchy Standard Memory hole rm (Unix) Standard streams Unix philosophy Write-only memory The most recent being z/VSE. The most recent
Null_device
2026 film by Steven Spielberg
Feric, Carla (June 4, 2026). "'Disclosure Day' director Steven Spielberg jokes about what he would ask aliens". The Standard. Archived from the original
Disclosure_Day
Characters in a Video Game Franchise
James. James makes cameo appearances in the joke endings of Silent Hill 3, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (voiced by Tomm Hulett) and Silent Hill: Downpour
List of Silent Hill 2 characters
List_of_Silent_Hill_2_characters
World War II British comedy song
2016 Winnipeg Comedy Festival, comedian Lara Rae referenced the song in a joke about the dangers of cats being neutered by non-professionals who might not
Hitler_Has_Only_Got_One_Ball
Film by Alex Proyas
Happened to This Horror Movie?". JoBlo. Retrieved April 28, 2025. "Zombie Will Write/Direct Next "Crow" Flick". MTV. February 11, 1997. Archived from the original
The_Crow_(1994_film)
General-purpose programming language
computer by an innovative 63-phase compiler that ran entirely in its core memory of only 8000 (six-bit) characters. The compiler could be run from tape, or from
Fortran
Sentences with structures permitting multiple possible interpretations
they consider only the interpretations their working memory can hold. For low reading span adults who had the worst verbal working memory, they took longer
Syntactic_ambiguity
2000s microgenre
"shoegaze" coined by Kevin DeBroux of Pink Reason in 2005 as an "inside-joke" to describe the music of the Midwestern rock band Psychedelic Horseshit
Shitgaze
American stand-up comedian (1921–2004)
credited Dangerfield with popularizing the style of joke he had long been using. The format of the joke is that the comedian tells a sidekick how bad something
Rodney_Dangerfield
Canadian comedian (1959–2021)
segment Weekend Update. His version of Weekend Update often included running jokes about prison rape, "crack whores", and the success of American actor-singer
Norm_Macdonald
Small IBM scientific computer released in 1959
tables in memory rather than dedicated addition circuitry (and SDTRL actually standing for "sold down the river logic" became a common joke among the
IBM_1620
Anglo-Irish politician and philosopher (1729–1797)
have taken the position that in fact Burke did write the Vindication in earnest, later disowning it only for political reasons. In 1757, Burke published
Edmund_Burke
Japanese manga series by Negi Haruba
series enjoyable and rated a 4 out of 5 to the series, as he commented, "The jokes are funny, the characters range from tolerable to likable, the fanservice
The Quintessential Quintuplets
The_Quintessential_Quintuplets
Open-source CPU instruction set architecture
several reads and writes, and can have complex bus operation. The lr/sc alternative is more efficient. It usually requires only one memory load, and minimizing
RISC-V
2025 Marvel Studios film
Taskmaster, also believing the memory loss assassination joke drifted too close to Bob's arc as he also was dealing with memory loss. Additionally, his post-credit
Thunderbolts*
1993 novel by Lois Lowry
the purpose of his position: the Receiver retains the memories from all of history and is the only one allowed access to books outside of permitted text
The_Giver
Free online crowdsourced encyclopedia
As Wikipedia grew, "Who writes Wikipedia?" became one of the questions frequently asked there. Jimmy Wales once argued that only "a community ... a dedicated
Wikipedia
Operating system microkernel
solution to the port concept, using the copy-on-write (COW) mechanism provided by the virtual memory system. Instead of copying data between programs
Mach_(kernel)
1983 single by Spandau Ballet
honest when you're trying to write a love song to someone", Kemp later admitted. "Hence: 'Why do I find it hard to write the next line?'" In his 2009
True_(Spandau_Ballet_song)
English journalist and broadcaster (1913–1965)
election specials. The annual Richard Dimbleby Lecture was founded in his memory. Dimbleby was born near Richmond, Surrey, the son of Gwendoline Mabel (Bolwell)
Richard_Dimbleby
American ice hockey player (born 1954)
of his winning goal against the Soviet team, "My friends always like to joke with me [about that goal], 'Three more inches to the left, you'd be painting
Mike_Eruzione
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
to write only weak alien races, and concerned that a confrontation would jeopardize his and Campbell's friendship, he decided he would not write about
Isaac_Asimov
American social networking service
disobedience: In 2010, users expressed outrage over the Twitter joke trial by copying a controversial joke about bombing an airport and attaching the hashtag #IAmSpartacus
X_(social_network)
American writer and journalist (born 1982)
Times; she also branched out into screenwriting, and had "a job writing jokes for a TV show". In 2021, Hanks's essay "Notes on Native Daughters" was one
E._A._Hanks
1988 studio album by the Smithereens
Smithereens, released March 22, 1988 by Enigma/Capitol Records. The single, "Only a Memory", reached No. 92 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Album Rock
Green_Thoughts
Hypothetical megastructure around a star
little joke" and commented that "you get to be famous only for the things you don't think are serious", later explaining that "And of course the joke is that
Dyson_sphere
Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
of Behavioral Sciences, 2018;1-6. Peter J. Swales writes that Jung confided about his affair "not only to John Billinsky, but also ... to his confidant
Sigmund_Freud
1977 scholarly article by Donald Knuth
scholarly article by computer scientist Donald Knuth published in 1977 as an in-joke about computational complexity theory. The article capitalizes on what it
The_Complexity_of_Songs
19th-century American businessman
similarly wrote in his private autobiography, that he had heard William joke at a gathering that they should sell ice to the West Indies, a claim which
Frederic_Tudor
English actor, comedian and writer (1941–1989)
especially fond of The Goon Show and Robert Moreton's skill of telling jokes the wrong way round and reversing punchlines. Biographer Jim Yoakum said
Graham_Chapman
Fictional professor, used in jokes
Josiah Stinkney Carberry is a fictional professor, created as a joke in 1929. He is said to still teach at Brown University, and to be known for his work
Josiah_S._Carberry
2013 studio album by Beyoncé
2013, when only three or four songs had been completed. Explaining her motivation, she said she would often connect images, childhood memories, emotions
Beyoncé_(album)
2001 soundtrack album by various artists
Rodriguez." Annelise Cooper of Bustle called the score "so-classic-it's-a-joke"; for the same website, Mary Grace Garis noted the "Floop's Song" being "pretty
Spy_Kids_(soundtrack)
entertainment have so many actors sacrificed so much dignity in the cause of so few jokes ... From the look of it, Cooney hasn't been in a cinema for about 30 years"
List of 21st-century films considered the worst
List_of_21st-century_films_considered_the_worst
tariffs being conceptually inapplicable to people. He later said he was joking. 2025 New York City ballot proposals 2025 New York City borough president
2025 New York City mayoral election
2025_New_York_City_mayoral_election
German composer and pianist (1833–1897)
was only 28). His admiration for Richard Mühlfeld, clarinettist with the Meiningen orchestra, revived his interest in composing and led him to write the
Johannes_Brahms
American radio and television personality (born 1954)
and generated $1.2 million in revenue. Following the event, Stern's on-air joke about drug use backstage drew criticism from Drug Enforcement Administration
Howard_Stern
Welsh screenwriter and television producer (born 1963)
and commented he was "not doing that again". The appearance remains an in-joke in the industry, and the recordings were invariably requested for wrap parties
Russell_T_Davies
1983 comedy film by Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas
book also included a joke library card with the names of numerous Canadian celebrities who had checked it out. The book was only available for a brief
Strange_Brew
American murderer and body snatcher (1906–1984)
as seemingly random laughter, as if he were laughing at his own personal jokes. Augusta punished Gein whenever he tried to make friends, according to family
Ed_Gein
President of the United States from 2021 to 2025
November 6, 2009. Kurtzman, Daniel (May 8, 2009). "The Week's Best Late-Night Jokes". About.com. Archived from the original on June 11, 2019. Retrieved May
Joe_Biden
2024 film by Tim Burton
on April Fools' Day, leading him to initially dismiss it as a practical joke. Catherine O'Hara reprises her role as Delia Deetz, as well as Monica Bellucci
Beetlejuice_Beetlejuice
Main antagonist in Hellraiser
personal "Cenobium"), the Priest is still haunted by his full memories and now sees only futility in his existence, longing to explore new experiences
Pinhead_(Hellraiser)
Sexual relations between humans and donkeys
paintings, films, pornography, theater shows, cartoons, novels, poems, jokes, slang, and folk tales. There are also various religious and mythological
Bestiality_with_a_donkey
American action film by Rowdy Herrington
that the only way to solve every problem is by roundhouse kicking everything in sight including his family. The episode was dedicated in memory of Swayze
Road_House_(1989_film)
British musician (born 1946)
Your Memory", but the rest of the songs that were supposed to be on the album were never released and only appeared in bootlegs. "I'll Kiss Your Memory" did
Barry_Gibb
American horror franchise
even though his appearance at the end of the original film was only meant to be a joke. Steve Miner, associate producer of the first film, believed in
Friday_the_13th_(franchise)
American singer
Jennifer Love Hewitt will play Deana 'because I'm too old to play me,' Martin joked. [...] The role of Deana's father is still up in the air, although she's
Deana_Martin
Film by Danny Boyle
including Lennon as a wizened fisherman and a joke about Harry Potter. Curtis credited the Harry Potter joke to a suggestion from the American comedian Sarah
Yesterday_(2019_film)
8-bit microprocessor
to emulate the ROM and PLA in the 2656. Best known for his joke article on write-only memory. "Microcomputer Digest Vol. 2 No. 1 July 1975" (PDF). Archived
Signetics_2650
Scottish newspaperwoman and author
presenter Magnus Magnusson. The couple married in 1954 and enjoyed the joke that he had only married her to get her job since he had been four years her junior
Mamie_Magnusson
American screenwriter and voice actor (1966–2016)
liberties here and there. Sometimes, I would suggest an idea about making the joke work better visually. Once the scene moved on to animation, the animators
Dan_Gerson
2024 book by David Bentley Hart
matter is ontologically primary — that is, whether mental acts such as memory, intention, and apprehension are reducible to material causes, or whether
All_Things_Are_Full_of_Gods
American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
advisor Paolo Benanti writes that Thiel's career is "a challenge to the very foundations of civil coexistence", noting that innovation only becomes development
Peter_Thiel
posted a discovery that when using Google Translate to translate the Funniest Joke in the World ("Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund
List_of_Google_Easter_eggs
2016 film by Xavier Dolan
"Canadian Screen Awards 2017: A Night Of CanCon Icons, Diversity, Howie Mandel Jokes". The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved
It's Only the End of the World
It's_Only_the_End_of_the_World
Fictional character
Ernest had created his own homemade zine, featuring a varied collection of jokes, puns, musings, and art. A 16-inch (41 cm) Ernest talking doll based on
Ernest_P._Worrell
2025 film by Akiva Schaffer
direct-to-TV sequel starring Leslie Nielsen, with Alan Spencer being attached to write. However, the project was cancelled due to financial reasons, with Spencer
The_Naked_Gun_(2025_film)
American writer, historian and journalist (1916–2005)
Freedmen's Bureau, which "did, perhaps, some good work, but it was mostly a joke, corrupt in all kinds of ways." Foote supported the civil rights movement
Shelby_Foote
American filmmaker, actor and writer (born 1935)
in-jokes." On January 14, 2015, Amazon Studios announced a full-season order for a half-hour Amazon Prime Instant Video series that Allen would write and
Woody_Allen
Czech and French novelist (1929–2023)
the expulsion as an inspiration for the main theme of his novel Žert (The Joke, 1967), in which he ridiculed the ruling Communist party. In 1956 Kundera
Milan_Kundera
American comedy TV series
being "played by women in their early thirties ... barely even feels like a joke", praising how they had "already disappeared so deeply into their gangly
Pen15
1984 film by Ron Howard
name of the street. No one really saw it as a first name and that was a joke. And now, of course it's not funny at all. It's just like, 'Oh, what a beautiful
Splash_(film)
English writer and TV personality
unfunny indeed – a bit like recounting a rude joke at a dinner party, only to be told you hadn't recounted a joke at all, but molested the host's children
Charlie_Brooker
American comedian and actor (1926–2017)
lib style of performing; he had earlier said that he never wrote down his jokes. Starting in 1973, he became a popular dais comedian appearing on The Dean
Don_Rickles
2019 film by Lorene Scafaria
as a brilliant con artist and better exotic dancer is no joke." Variety's Peter DeBruge writes, "flashy, fleshy and all-around impossible to ignore, Hustlers
Hustlers_(film)
Begum noted the challenges of her memory in the introduction of the manuscript: There had been an order issued, ‘Write down whatever you know of the doings
Humayunnama
Online musical genre and visual aesthetic
Seapunk?". Although the author prophesied that vaporwave would not end "as a joke" the way seapunk did, the genre came to be largely viewed as a facetious
Vaporwave
Home computer by Texas Instruments
block of writeable memory in the unexpanded TI-99/4A architecture, although the CPU does not have direct access to it, and requests reads and writes from
TI-99/4A
Sci-fi film by Gareth Edwards
November—maybe December—and so, I think we got really lucky ... The joke would be that when you write a film, especially a science fiction film, I try to avoid
The_Creator_(2023_film)
American actress (1939–2026)
it's the influence to make me be me.... I remember the day he said, 'I do jokes ... your comedy is attitude.'" In 2013 when speaking to Interview she said
Louise_Lasser
Manager", Dwight informed her that her co-workers think of her as a joke because she was only hired due to her looks; she appeared irritated but not particularly
List of The Office (American TV series) characters
List_of_The_Office_(American_TV_series)_characters
Video game series
awarded. The final round has players take an existing joke setup and try to write a better joke than the original one. The player with the most points
The_Jackbox_Party_Pack
2001 film by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly
the movie and its plot to critics, arguing it was more than a mere "fat joke" type of movie and was instead one that had a strong message about "inner
Shallow_Hal
1979 novel by Stephen King
spite after his acceptance—an achievement he was proud of—was treated as a joke by his loved ones. He is understandably bitter about his resulting participation
The_Long_Walk_(novel)
American writer (born 1963)
a joke about watermelons when Woodson received an award. In a New York Times Op-Ed published shortly thereafter, "The Pain of the Watermelon Joke," Woodson
Jacqueline_Woodson
Chancellor of Germany from 1871 to 1890
in peacetime. He was also given a new title, Duke of Lauenburg, which he joked would be useful when travelling incognito. He was soon elected to the Reichstag
Otto_von_Bismarck
WRITE ONLY-MEMORY-JOKE
WRITE ONLY-MEMORY-JOKE
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Emery, EMORY means "work-power."
Girl/Female
British, Celtic, English, Irish, Swedish
From Britain; Exalted One; To Help
Female
Hebrew
Variant spelling of Hebrew Orli, ORLY means "light is mine."
Boy/Male
British, English
Guard
Girl/Female
British, English
Bright; Pure; Name of Colour
Boy/Male
Australian, Portuguese
White; Blond; Fair-one
Male
Japanese
(守) Japanese name MAMORU means "protector."
Girl/Female
Bengali, Indian
Season
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Onley or Olney in Northamptonshire, possibly also from Onneley in Staffordshire. Like Olney, Onley was named in Old English as ‘lonely (Äna, from Än ‘one’) glade (lÄ“ah)’; Onneley has the same second element, and possibly the same initial one, though this may alternatively have been a personal name, Onna.
Girl/Female
Swedish Celtic
Strong.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a copier of manuscripts, Old English wrītere.
Girl/Female
English American Welsh
Merry; mirthful; joyous. Also an abbreviation of Meredith.
Male
Polish
Polish form of Greek Methodios, METODY means "method."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Embury or Emery.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a watchman, Anglo-Norman French waite (of Germanic origin; compare Wachter), or from the same word in its original abstract/collective sense, ‘the watch’. There may also have been some late confusion with White.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and Irish
English, Scottish, and Irish : from Middle English whit ‘white’, hence a nickname for someone with white hair or an unnaturally pale complexion. In some cases it represents a Middle English personal name, from an Old English byname, Hwīt(a), of this origin. As a Scottish and Irish surname it has been widely used as a translation of the many Gaelic names based on bán ‘white’ (see Bain 1) or fionn ‘fair’ (see Finn 1). There has also been some confusion with Wight.Translated form of cognate and equivalent names in other languages, such as German Weiss, French Blanc, Polish Białas (see Bialas), etc.Peregrine White (1620–1704), brother of Resolved, was born in Cape Cod harbor on board the Mayflower, thus becoming the first child of English descent to be born in New England. His father, William White, was the son of the rector of Barham, near Ipswich, Suffolk, England; he died in 1621 during the first winter at Plymouth Colony.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Emery.
Girl/Female
English American Greek
Melody.
Female
English
English name derived from the vocabulary word, MELODY means "melody."
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of Dutch and North German Wriedt.English
Americanized spelling of Dutch and North German Wriedt.English : from Old English wride ‘twist’, ‘turn’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a winding stream, or perhaps a nickname for a devious man.
WRITE ONLY-MEMORY-JOKE
WRITE ONLY-MEMORY-JOKE
Biblical
father of a great multitude
Boy/Male
Tamil
Adeshwar | ஆதேஷà¯à®µà®°Â
God
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Good Attitude
Boy/Male
Hindu
Very rich
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
A Little Mare; Little Horse
Boy/Male
Arabic
Life's Blessing
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Who can Hide Easily; Star
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Field Estate
Boy/Male
Biblical
To whisper; an embalmer.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Birkhead (see Birkett).Americanized form of German Burkhart.
WRITE ONLY-MEMORY-JOKE
WRITE ONLY-MEMORY-JOKE
WRITE ONLY-MEMORY-JOKE
WRITE ONLY-MEMORY-JOKE
WRITE ONLY-MEMORY-JOKE
n.
Alt. of Memoirs
n.
The reach and positiveness with which a person can remember; the strength and trustworthiness of one's power to reach and represent or to recall the past; as, his memory was never wrong.
n.
A memorial account; a history composed from personal experience and memory; an account of transactions or events (usually written in familiar style) as they are remembered by the writer. See History, 2.
obs.
3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for writeth.
n.
Something, or an aggregate of things, remembered; hence, character, conduct, etc., as preserved in remembrance, history, or tradition; posthumous fame; as, the war became only a memory.
a.
See Only.
a.
Singly; without more; as, only-begotten.
Archaic imp. & p. p.
of Write
n.
The time within which past events can be or are remembered; as, within the memory of man.
n.
Memory.
imp.
of Write
v. t.
To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter.
v. t.
To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to write figures.
n.
A white pigment; as, Venice white.
n.
The actual and distinct retention and recognition of past ideas in the mind; remembrance; as, in memory of youth; memories of foreign lands.
a.
One alone; single; as, the only man present; his only occupation.
a.
Alone in its class; by itself; not associated with others of the same class or kind; as, an only child.