Definition of "writable" []

• Computer Science Capable of recording data. Used of a storage medium: writable compact disks. (adjective)

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• "Floppies died because superior portable storage media came out - namely writable CDs."
• "A Heavy attack will additionally search for several other known vulnerabilities, such as writable anonymous ftp directories or trusted hosts."
• "You have to make the mount point directory 'writable'."