Read-only


[reed-ohn-lee] /ˈridˈoʊn li/

adjective, Computers.
1.
of or relating to files or memory that can be read but cannot normally be changed.

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  • Read-only user

    jargon Describes a luser who uses computers almost exclusively for reading Usenet, bulletin boards, and/or electronic mail, rather than writing code or purveying useful information. See twink, terminal junkie, lurker. [Jargon File] (1995-02-28)

  • Re-adopt

    [uh-dopt] /əˈdɒpt/ verb (used with object) 1. to choose or take as one’s own; make one’s own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname. 2. to take and rear (the child of other parents) as one’s own child, specifically by a formal legal act. 3. to take or receive into any kind of new […]

  • Readout

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  • Read someone his rights

    verb phrase To inform an arrested person formally of his or her legal rights, esp by reading him or her a ”Miranda card” detailing them: The judge threw it out because they hadn’t given the crook his rights [1960s+; fr the requirement based on the Supreme Court decision in the Miranda case of 1966] Related […]


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