Definitions
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- adjective
Unalterable , capable of beingread but notwritten . Especially common in computer terms such asread-only memory and read-only access to files or directories (in in file system permissions or programs).
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Examples
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Since you had opened the wave before you were removed from it, you retain a read-only copy of the wave up to the time you were removed.
Google Wave Now Lets You Remove Participants | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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I pretty much never see MySQL in anything mission critical and where it comes closest it acts as a read-only repository loaded by hodgepodge batch solutions from the OLTP databases produced by top 3 well known DB vendors.
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They think of it as a read-only memory ROM, which only changes by accident.
James A. Shapiro: What Is the Key to a Realistic Theory of Evolution? James A. Shapiro 2012
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I don't want to waste another DVD-RW, especially if the original disk turned read-only as a result of burning Windows 7 onto it.
Lifehacker’s Guide To Upgrading To Windows 7 RC | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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They think of it as a read-only memory ROM, which only changes by accident.
James A. Shapiro: What Is the Key to a Realistic Theory of Evolution? James A. Shapiro 2012
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How does my system know which part of the records you can edit and update, and which part are "read-only" from your perspective?
Why No Electronic Medical Records?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Their forums are read-only and will be taken offline completely in about a week.
Mark Belinsky: Killing Code Can Kill People Mark Belinsky 2011
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Their forums are read-only and will be taken offline completely in about a week.
Mark Belinsky: Killing Code Can Kill People Mark Belinsky 2011
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ET and wrote that the site would be in read-only mode until the problems were resolved.
Blogger Down Due To Maintenance Problem The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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It says under permissions that the disk is read-only.
Lifehacker’s Guide To Upgrading To Windows 7 RC | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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