read-only storage
- noun
- Specialized
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- The data was saved on a read-only storage device to prevent any accidental modifications.
Examples
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The restriction to read-only storage can facilitate exploratory work; the writing process in this case might be replaced by replication, similar to the techniques used in the production of compact disks.
Academic text (1995) -
Read-only storage
Academic text (1994) -
You can access the files from the read-only storage without making any changes to them.
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Due to the security settings, the system can only retrieve information from read-only storage.
Synonyms
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Memory in a computer you can read but not write that keeps information when power is off
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A small computer chip that holds information you can use but cannot change
A small computer chip that stores data you cannot change
Computer memory you can read but cannot change
How Writable
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- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
read-only + storage
The meaning 'memory that can be accessed and read but not modified' is directly derivable by combining 'read' + 'only' with 'storage' — i.e. storage that can only be read. This modifier+noun composition is compositional and follows regular English patterns (and similar constructions exist in other languages), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Read-only storage comes from the clear idea of a place you can read from but only read, like a book under glass you can look at but not write in. So, it means a part of a computer where you can read information but 'cannot be changed'.