English
Etymology
From read + only.
Adjective
read-only (not comparable)
- (computing) Unalterable, capable of being read but not written.
2025 February 18, Jeanne Sahadi, “DOGE’s request for IRS data systems access may pose risks to tax filers”, in CNN[1]:If they want read-only access for political purposes — fine. But don’t give them write access.”
Derived terms
Translations
capable of being read but not written
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 只讀 / 只读 (zh) (zhǐdú)
- Dutch: alleen-lezen
- Finnish: kirjoitussuojattu
- French: en lecture seule
- German: schreibgeschützt
- Icelandic: (reading) les-, (write-protected) ritvarinn m, skrifvarinn m
- Japanese: 読み込み専用 (yomikomi-sen'yō), 読み出し専用 (yomidashi-sen'yō), 読み取り専用 (yomitori-sen'yō)
- Spanish: de solo lectura
- Swedish: skrivskyddad (sv) c, skrivskyddat (sv) n
- Turkish: salt okunur, yalnız okunur
- Vietnamese: chỉ-đọc, chỉ đọc
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