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read-only Definition

read·-only (rēd′ōn′lē)

adjective

Comput. designating or of a file whose contents can be read or viewed, but not altered

read-only Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • filesystem: EROFS pathname refers to a file on a read-only filesystem.
  • buffer: The content of the new, read-only buffer will be the content of the given string.
  • attribute: Why we're setting the read-only attribute through the command line?
  • mode: The Unix command view opens vi in read-only mode.
  • memory: If the compiler put the literal in read-only memory, the program is going to crash.
  • variable: To implement read-only variables, command will have to restore the old value of the variable.

Modifying Another Word

  • only: The " it's only read-only data " argument doesn't stand up, either.