scratchpad
/ˈskrætʃˌpæd/
noun
- A pad of paper for writing notes or doing rough work.
- I keep a scratchpad by the phone for messages.
- She jotted down the phone number on a scratchpad.
- The artist used a scratchpad to sketch ideas.
- A temporary area in a computer's memory used for quick calculations or data storage.
- The program uses a scratchpad to store intermediate results.
- The calculator app has a scratchpad for notes.
- Developers often use a scratchpad to test code snippets.