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read-only

[ reed-ohn-lee ]

/ ˈridˈoʊn li /

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adjective Computers.

of or relating to files or memory that can be read but cannot normally be changed.

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Nearby words

read the riot act, read up, read, george, read, sir herbert, read-across, read-only, read-only memory, read-out, read-through, read-write head, read/write head

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for read-only

It was just what Berners-Lee had envisioned, a Web that was read-write rather than read-only.
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