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read-only

American

[reed-ohn-lee] / ˈridˈoʊn li /

adjective

Computers.

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

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

In protest over the company’s decision to impose new fees for application developers for access to the site, several popular “Subreddit” discussion communities went read-only or offline.

From Washington Times • Aug. 3, 2023

They’re what we today call a read-only memory.

From Scientific American • Apr. 14, 2022

The social media giant said her account would be in "read-only mode" for 12 hours.

From BBC • Jul. 20, 2021

Its opaque and image-heavy interfaces made it increasingly one-way and read-only, more conducive to commerce than communication.

From Open Source Democracy by Rushkoff, Douglas

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