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read·out (rēd′o̵ut′)

noun

  1. the act of retrieving information from storage in a digital computer
  2. information taken out of a computer and displayed visually or recorded, as by typewriter or on tape, for immediate use
  3. information immediately displayed or recorded from other sources, as from electrical instruments

adjective

of or pertaining to any device that presents data output, as in numbers, letters, etc., for immediate use

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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