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 

• READ-ONLY FILE (noun)

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)