read-only

English

Etymology

From read + only.

Adjective

read-only (not comparable)

1. (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

• read-only access
• read-only memory

Related terms

• read-write
• write-only

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

References

• read-only on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• rondelay