Meaning

2 senses
  1. A pad of paper for preliminary notes or sketches or writings, etc.

    Notizblock, Schmierblock

  2. A piece of temporary memory to hold details of a current conversation, usually scratchpad memory.

More definitions
  • (computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
pad of paper:

Origin

From scratch + pad.

From scratch + pad.

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Forms

plural: scratchpads
Singularscratchpad
Pluralscratchpads

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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