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Definition of "readout" [readout]

  • Computer Science Presentation of data, usually in digital form, from calculations or storage. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "readout" in a sentence
  • "Also, the radio readout is canted so far toward the driver that a front-seat passenger has difficulty seeing it to tune the radio."
  • "Rather, an indirect assay was employed to test the expression readout of a single human genetic fragment and compare it with the chimp version."
  • "Some have called the readout addictive, others find it distracting."