ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Read-write

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Read-write is an adjective meaning (computing) Supporting both read and write operations.

Meaning

(computing) Supporting both read and write operations.

Example Sentences

a read-write head in a disk drive
a read-write lock, request, or variable

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include read-only, reading, multiwrite, mediary, optimistic, read-through.

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