ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Read-only

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Read-only is an adjective meaning (computing) Unalterable, capable of being read but not written.

Meaning

(computing) Unalterable, capable of being read but not written.

Example Sentences

If they want read-only access for political purposes — fine. But don’t give them write access.”

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include read-write, uneditable, nonwriteable, unwriteable, unreadable, unclockable.

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