[Gllug] Linux can lock down the core, apparently

Peter Childs peterachilds at gmail.com
Thu Jun 21 10:27:06 UTC 2007


On 20/06/07, John Winters <john at sinodun.org.uk> wrote:
>
> salsaman at xs4all.nl wrote:
> [snip]
> > You mean they found an application for write-only-memory ?
>
> It's already well known for providing first-rate compression
> characteristics.  Any size of input data can be compressed into the same
> WOM memory space.
>
>
Please what is the point in Write Only Memory you may as well just throw it
to /dev/null. (Although if you need the data else where a printer would work
but then you would be reading it and that would not be write only!)

Usally WOM stands for Write Once Memory ie certain types of Read Only Memory
(ROM) or CD Roms and the Like. Which is completely different. Like many of
these terms its meaning less. ie ROM is also RAM but would be better named
RWM (Read/Write Memory)

Peter.
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