Dell Powervault LTO6 - Manual (Page 92)

write. To make a permanent or transient recording of data in a storage device or
on a data medium.
write protected.
Applicable to a tape cartridge, the condition that exists when some logical
or physical mechanism prevents a device from writing on the tape in that
cartridge.
write-protect switch.
Located on the tape cartridge, a switch that prevents accidental erasure of
data. Pictures of a locked and unlocked padlock appear on the switch.
When you slide the switch to the locked padlock, data cannot be written to
the tape. When you slide the switch to the unlocked padlock, data can be
written to the tape.
Write/Read test.
Part of the Test Head diagnostic, a procedure that determines whether the
tape drive can correctly read from and write to tape.
B-10 Dell PowerVault LTO Tape Drive User's Guide