read-only
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Tom Krause, chief executive of Cloud Software Group Inc., and Marko Elez, an engineer who has worked for Musk’s private companies, will both retain ostensibly read-only access to payment information.
From Salon • Feb. 6, 2025
But the catalogue will just be available in a "read-only" format.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2024
As part of the discord, thousands of subreddits went read-only or private, meaning users could not post or interact normally with their communities.
From Washington Times • Jun. 14, 2023
They’re what we today call a read-only memory.
From Scientific American • Apr. 14, 2022
You can't delete a file from a read-only directory even if you're allowed to make changes to the file.
From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by Goerzen, John
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