"read-only" meaning in English

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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "read",
        "3": "only"
      },
      "expansion": "read + only",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "read + only",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "read-only (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
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        },
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
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            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "read-only access"
        },
        {
          "word": "read-only memory"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unalterable, capable of being read but not written."
      ],
      "id": "en-read-only-en-adj-br5rhYcw",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "Unalterable",
          "unalterable"
        ],
        [
          "read",
          "read"
        ],
        [
          "written",
          "written"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) Unalterable, capable of being read but not written."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "read-write"
        },
        {
          "word": "write-only"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
          "word": "只讀"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhǐdú",
          "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
          "word": "只读"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
          "word": "alleen-lezen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
          "word": "kirjoitussuojattu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
          "word": "en lecture seule"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
          "word": "schreibgeschützt"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "english": "reading",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
          "word": "les-"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "english": "write-protected",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ritvarinn"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "skrifvarinn"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yomikomi-sen'yō",
          "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
          "word": "読み込み専用"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yomidashi-sen'yō",
          "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
          "word": "読み出し専用"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yomitori-sen'yō",
          "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
          "word": "読み取り専用"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
          "word": "de solo lectura"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "skrivskyddad"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "skrivskyddat"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
          "word": "salt okunur"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
          "word": "yalnız okunur"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
          "word": "chỉ-đọc"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
          "word": "chỉ đọc"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "read-only"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "read-only access"
    },
    {
      "word": "read-only memory"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "read",
        "3": "only"
      },
      "expansion": "read + only",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "read + only",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "read-only (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "read-write"
    },
    {
      "word": "write-only"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
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        "English compound terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English uncomparable adjectives",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unalterable, capable of being read but not written."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "Unalterable",
          "unalterable"
        ],
        [
          "read",
          "read"
        ],
        [
          "written",
          "written"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) Unalterable, capable of being read but not written."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
      "word": "只讀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǐdú",
      "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
      "word": "只读"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
      "word": "alleen-lezen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
      "word": "kirjoitussuojattu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
      "word": "en lecture seule"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
      "word": "schreibgeschützt"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "english": "reading",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
      "word": "les-"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "english": "write-protected",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ritvarinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skrifvarinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yomikomi-sen'yō",
      "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
      "word": "読み込み専用"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yomidashi-sen'yō",
      "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
      "word": "読み出し専用"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yomitori-sen'yō",
      "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
      "word": "読み取り専用"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
      "word": "de solo lectura"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skrivskyddad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skrivskyddat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
      "word": "salt okunur"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
      "word": "yalnız okunur"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
      "word": "chỉ-đọc"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "capable of being read but not written",
      "word": "chỉ đọc"
    }
  ],
  "word": "read-only"
}