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Read/Write

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Last Updated May 24, 2021 7:53 am

(r d/r t) (adj.) Read/write means capable of being displayed (read) and modified (written to). Most objects (disks, files, directories) are read/write, but operating systems also allow you to protect objects with a read-only attribute that prevents other users from modifying the object.