Read-only

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Unalterable, capable of being read but not written. not-comparable

    "If they want read-only access for political purposes — fine. But don’t give them write access.”"

Synonyms

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unwritable

Example

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"The documents are saved as read-only PDFs with a watermark including the dates and times of receipt (timestamping by the court)."

Etymology

From read + only.

Related phrases

read-only accessread-only memory

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