Meaning

(computing) The act of reading data back from a location where it has been stored..

Definitions by Sense

1. (computing) The act of reading data back from a location where it has been stored.
2. (aviation, telecommunications) The repetition of a message one has received, in order to acknowledge it and to demonstrate accurate comprehension (especially of commands).
3. (dictation, stenography) The reading aloud by a transcriptionist, court reporter, or stenographer of draft correspondence or of testimony previously taken down in dictation, usually at the request of the presiding judge or parties involved in a deposition (courtroom contexts) or of the manager dictating the correspondence (business contexts).

Example Sentences

If buffer readbacks are used, it is therefore important to try to reduce both the number of readbacks issued and the amount of data read back.

OK, now let's do a readback before you send this off.

The judge ordered a readback of a portion of the testimony.

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• readbacks

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When Should You Use Readback?

Use readback when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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