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To read something and say the words to inform other people

He read the names out to the class.

To read some data and inform the person using the device

The movement detector is reading out the data now.

read somebody the riot act

To scold or berate somebody; to reprimand

She really read him the riot act about his smoking habit.

read somebody's lips

To discern what somebody is saying by watching the shape of the mouth rather than by hearing the sounds of the words

Deaf people may be able to read people's lips, but it's not a foolproof means of communication.

read somebody's lips

To pay close attention (often imperative)

Read my lips. We are not going to the park today, and that is final.

read someone's mind

To guess or deduce what someone is thinking

read up

To learn (about something) by reading

After watching the film, I read up about it in the newspapers. When I came to know that Hassan was a 30-year-old actor then, I was completely awe-struck.

read-eval-print loop

An interactive programming language interpreter

It is easier to experiment in langauges that provide a read-eval-print loop.

read-eval-print loops

plural form of read-eval-print loop

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)

the information output from a computer in a readable form

A computer memory chip that stores values but does not allow updates, in which the values are nonvolatile in that they are retained even when the computer is unpowered

read-out

The computer read-out was inaccurate.

read-out

The information, usually a measurement, displayed on a graduated scale

The density is measured by the read-out from a hydrometer.

read/write head

A combination read head and write head

read up on

If you read up on a subject, you read a lot about it so that you become informed about it. I've read up on the dangers of all these drugs

something that is read; "the article was a very good read"

Spend time reading in order to find out information about something:

have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?

read up about

read up about something

Spend time reading in order to find out information about something:

read up on

Spend time reading in order to find out information about something:

read up on something

Spend time reading in order to find out information about something:

audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; "He is auditioning for `Julius Cesar' at Stratford this year"

interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"

indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"

look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; "The King will read the proclamation at noon"

interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky, etc

obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer"

{a} perused, learned from reading, seen

{v} to peruse, discover, perceive, learn fully

something that is read; "the article was a very good read" to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!" interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?" look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; "The King will read the proclamation at noon" interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky, etc

also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The gypsy read his fate in the crystal ball"

Read The Fucking Manual

also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The gypsy read his fate in the crystal ball" obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer" indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'" audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; "He is auditioning for `Julius Cesar' at Stratford this year" have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?

read something out

To read and say words that are written down, so that people can hear: Why don’t you read out the name of the winner?

read-ahead

(Bilgisayar) The file prefetching technology used in the Linux operating system. It is a system call that loads a file's contents into the page cache. When a file is subsequently accessed, its contents are read from physical memory rather than from disk, which is much faster

Read Only Memory

computer memory that can be easily accessed but does not allow alteration of its data

Read The FAQ

read the Frequently Asked Questions, read the question and answer section, RTFAQ (Internet slang)

angry response to an Internet user who is requested not to send foolish questions before he has read the user guides on the subject, RTFM

Read The Manual

read the user's guide, read the instruction book (Internet slang, polite version of RTM or RTFM)

Read Write

reading/writing, quality of a file or device which can be read from and written to

To study by reading; as, he read for the bar

understand something written, as in: When all else fails, read the instruction manual

The decoding, extraction and presentation of data from formatting, control and error management bits sent from a tag

this documentation The default search mode should work for all queries, but the other two search modes won't work unless you know, or familiarize yourself with, how they work

When you read something such as a book or article, you look at and understand the words that are written there. Have you read this book? I read about it in the paper He read through the pages slowly and carefully It was nice to read that the Duke will not be sending his son off to boarding school She spends her days reading and watching television. Read is also a noun. I settled down to have a good read

Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel

If you read someone's mind or thoughts, you know exactly what they are thinking without them telling you. As if he could read her thoughts, Benny said, `You're free to go any time you like.'

to read between the lines: see line see also reading. American Revolutionary leader, politician, and jurist. Delaware's delegate to the Constitutional Convention (1787), he championed the rights of small states and later served as a U.S. senator (1789-1793). erasable programmable read only memory read only memory compact disc read only memory

See 3d Reed

You can use read when saying what is written on something or in something. For example, if a notice reads `Entrance', the word `Entrance' is written on it. The sign on the bus read `Private: Not In Service'

The process of non-destructive (e g , non-recording) data retrieval from the disk

If you take something as read, you accept it as true or right and therefore feel that it does not need to be discussed or proved. We took it as read that he must have been a KGB agent

to learn by observation

When a computer reads a file or a document, it takes information from a disk or tape. How can I read a Microsoft Excel file on a computer that only has Works installed?

To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law

to transfer information into the CPU

to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!"

Hence, to know fully; to comprehend

interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky, etc ; also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The gypsy read his fate in the crystal ball"

If you can read music, you have the ability to look at and understand the symbols that are used in written music to represent musical sounds. Later on I learned how to read music

If you refer to how a piece of writing reads, you are referring to its style. The book reads like a ballad

To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc

n to determine what event will take place before it occurs; a blocking scheme in which the front-row players watch the setter in order to determine where to block; a backcourt defensive scheme based on all players reading their opponents and their teammates

To retrieve information from a hard disk, floppy disk, CD-ROM disc or other storage medium (Compare with write )

The retrieval of information bits from a storage device; equivalent to reproduction of digital signals

To appear in writing or print; to be expressed by, or consist of, certain words or characters; as, the passage reads thus in the early manuscripts

If a measuring device reads a particular amount, it shows that amount. The thermometer read 105 degrees Fahrenheit

If someone who is trying to talk to you with a radio transmitter says, `Do you read me?', they are asking you if you can hear them. We read you loud and clear. Over

“Arguments of Definition” in Everything’s an Argument and excerpts from J Hector St Jean de Crevecoeur’s “What Is an American?” (473-479)

If you say that a book or magazine is a good read, you mean that it is very enjoyable to read. Ben Okri's latest novel is a good read

A basic computer operation that results only in the flow of information from an object to a subject See also Write

To know what kind of play is coming before it happens

When you read a piece of writing to someone, you say the words aloud. Jay reads poetry so beautifully I like it when she reads to us I sing to the boys or read them a story before tucking them in

The process of retrieving data from a transponder and, as appropriate, the contention and error control management, and channel and source decoding required to recover and communicate the data entered at source

{i} act of reading, act of converting written letters into words which have meaning

This book is worth reading again. - This book is worth reading twice.

I've been reading this book. - I have been reading this book.

have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"

To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly

To give advice or counsel

interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; "You can't take credit for this!"

of Read, v

to bring data outside the computer into memory

In computer operations, to acquire information, usually from some form of storage See write

make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"

be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"

To advise; to counsel

To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle

or Read (Simon), alluded to by Ben Jonson in the Alchemist, i 2, was Simon Read, of St George's, Southwark, professor of physic Rymer, in his Foedera, vol xvi , says, “he was indicted for invoking evil spirits in order to find out the name of a person who, in 1608, stole 37 10s from Tobias Mathews, of St Mary Steynings, London

To copy program or data files from a floppy or a hard disk into a computer memory, to run the program or process the data in some way The computer may also read your commands and data input from the keyboard

Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned

When you read a measuring device, you look at it to see what the figure or measurement on it is. It is essential that you are able to read a thermometer

read reads reading The form read is pronounced when it is the present tense, and when it is the past tense and past participle

the process of assessing or surveying the line of a putt to determine its break and behavior Example: My caddie's read was perfect, and the putt went right in the center of the hole

To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document

To read someone is to have a good idea from their play (or through tells) what their cards might be To have a read on someone is to have a good understanding of how they play Reading players is an important skill in poker, because well, if you can't figure out why, it's going to be hard to explain here

To retrieve data from a storage device and interpret it The read operation is often called fetch operation since a word is being fetched from memory

To tell; to declare; to recite

Entry point in the BIOS to a routine that reads 128 bytes from the currently selected drive, track, and sector into the current DMA address

{f} view written letters and convert them into words which have meaning; convert written letters into spoken words; understand, comprehend; learn; interpret

If you read a subject at university, you study it. She read French and German at Cambridge University He is now reading for a maths degree at Surrey University

If something is read in a particular way, it is understood or interpreted in that way. The play is being widely read as an allegory of imperialist conquest South Africans were praying last night that he has read the situation correctly = interpret

If you can read someone or you can read their gestures, you can understand what they are thinking or feeling by the way they behave or the things they say. If you have to work in a team you must learn to read people

To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book

the ability to know or feel something about someone else - you should only read someone if they say it's OK

To access stored data, usually by transferring it from one of many storage media such as magnetic tape or floppy disk, to a hard disk for display or processing

read a small part of -, read a portion of -

People who can read have the ability to look at and understand written words. He couldn't read or write He could read words at 18 months

read a passage from

read aloud

read out loud

read between the lines

detect the underlying or hidden meaning

read between the lines

read what is implied but not expressed on the surface

read dreams

analyze dreams, find the meaning of dreams

read him his rights

told him about his legal rights (before arresting him)

read into

If you read a meaning into something, you think it is there although it may not actually be there. The addict often reads disapproval into people's reactions to him even where it does not exist It would be wrong to try to read too much into such a light-hearted production

read into

attribute a particular meaning, find a certain meaning

read law

study law, study the justice system

read method of childbirth

a method of natural childbirth that assumes it is a normal process and that the pain is largely psychological; involves education and breathing exercises to foster relaxation and other exercises

read on

continue reading, read more, read further

read one's mind

read one's thoughts

file or storage device whose contents cannot be changed or erased

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Information stored on a medium that can be accessed and read, but cannot be changed A floppy disk can be altered, so it is not read-only, whereas most CD-ROMs cannot be altered, and are thus read-only media Related terms: CD-R, CD-ROM, Disk, Floppy disk

Term applied to a transponder in which the data is stored in an unchangeable manner and can therefore only be read See also Factory Programming

Indicating that the file may only be opened for reading

An online forum or conference area where you cannot post messages, only read them

Recorded computer data that is recorded and cannot be changed Operating systems contain many read-only files

A file attribute that prevents the file from being changed

read in an audible voice; transmit data via radio transmitter; sent information (Computers)

solve puzzles, solve enigmas, solve riddles

If you read out a piece of writing, you say it aloud. He's obliged to take his turn at reading out the announcements Shall I read them out?

read riddles

read someone the riot act

give someone a strict scolding, reprimand strongly

read someone's mind

know or feel what a person is thinking

read the map

understand the situation, analyze the situation

read the riot act

give someone a strict scolding, reprimand strongly

read the riot act to

{f} give someone a strict scolding, reprimand strongly

read thoughts

read what is happening in another's mind

read to sleep

read a story until falling asleep

read write head

device found in a drive which reads and writes data on the magnetic medium

read-a-thon

fund-raising event in which participants read as many books as they can and donations are pledged per book

A status indicating a file or document may be viewed or read, but is not available for editing or change

Pertaining to data that can be read but cannot be modified

Describes a file or other collection of information that may only be read; it may not be updated in any way or deleted Certain important OS files are designated as read-only files to prevent users from deleting them by accident Also,certain types of memory (ROM), and certain devices such as CD-ROM can be read but not changed

A file or directory attribute Indicates that the file or directory cannot be modified or deleted, but a read-only directory may have its contents modified or deleted

A characteristic of a file which allows it to be only opened and viewed, and cannot be edited

user can only view the collection

A file that can be read (copied, and so on) but not written (changed) Unix has a system of permissions that enables the owner of the file, the owner's group, or all users to have or not have permission to read, write, or execute file

A document that is protected so that users can open it to read the contents but not make any changes or add any comments to it

Attribute that can be assigned to a disk file or a disk drive When assigned to a file, the Read-Only attribute allows you to read from that file but not write to it When assigned to a drive, the Read-Only attribute allows you to read any file on the disk, but prevents you from adding a new file, erasing or changing a file, renaming a file, or writing on the disk The STAT command can set a file or a drive to Read-Only Every file and drive is either Read-Only or Read-Write The default setting for drives and files is Read-Write, but an error in resetting the disk or changing media automatically sets the drive to Read-Only until the error is corrected See also ROM

You can get the information, but you can't change it For example, the contents of a ROM chip

A type of database access that will not allow updates to the database Use the Open button dropdown list to access this mode

Capable of being displayed or used, but not deleted If a display of read-only data can be edited, formatted, or otherwise modified, it can't be saved under the same file name

(computer science) a file that you can read but cannot change

The user can switch a view to read-only mode No RFG-Manipulation operations may be done in that view

read-only file

Memory whose contents the computer can read, but cannot change Information is placed into ROM only once, during manufacturing

Abbreviated ROM; computer memory or storage that can be read but not written to by the user ROM is created at the time of computer chip, card, or disc manufacture and is used to store the computer's essential system programming or other non-changeable data

a kind of memory whose values can be read but cannot be changed Abbreviated ROM

A solid-state memory device which has information permanently written into the memory during manufacture

Semiconductor-based memory that contains instructions or data which can be read but not modified See also random access memory (RAM)

A computer memory that stores information permanently

Semiconductor-based memory that contains instructions that can be read but not modified

(computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed

Memory that includes permanent information only The computer can only read information from it; it can never write any new information on it

Permanent memory, not user-programmable The Courier V Everything modem's factory settings are stored in ROM and can be read (loaded) into RAM as an operational configuration if DIP switch S10 is ON at power on

memory used for permanent storage, and that cannot be changed

ROM

A type of primary storage on which data has been prerecorded and is nonvolatile

A storage area in which the contents can be read but not altered during normal computer processing

Memory in which stored data cannot be modified by the user except under special conditions

Nonvolatile primary storage; ROM holds the instructions that a computer uses when it is first turned on

Memory that can be read only and remains after the power is turned off Non-volatile memory

ROM A computer's unchangeable memory It's used to store programs that start the computer and run diagnostic functions

A semiconductor memory whose data cannot be erased, or overwritten; it can only be accessed (read) for use by the CPU The data in a ROM is of a permanent nature and is programmed by the ROM manufacturer In many cases, its programmed information identifies the dedicated function of a computer A ROM can also be in the physical form of a module (tape or disk) that is plugged into a computer to change its operation from one program to another