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READ-ONLY FILE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does read-only file mean?
• READ-ONLY FILE (noun)
The noun READ-ONLY FILE has 1 sense:
1. (computer science) a file that you can read but cannot change
Familiarity information: READ-ONLY FILE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) a file that you can read but cannot change
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("read-only file" is a kind of...):
computer file ((computer science) a file maintained in computer-readable form)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
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