Definition of "read-only" [read-only]

• Unalterable, capable of being read but not written. Especially common in computer terms such as read-only memory and read-only access to files or directories (in in file system permissions or programs). (adjective)

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• "Their forums are read-only and will be taken offline completely in about a week."
• "ET and wrote that the site would be in read-only mode until the problems were resolved."
• "How does my system know which part of the records you can edit and update, and which part are "read-only" from your perspective?"