"readme" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "read",
        "3": "me"
      },
      "expansion": "read + me",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "read + me",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "readmes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "readme (plural readmes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greek terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, Barbara Matthews, John Stouffer, Karen Brownfield, Installing, Upgrading and Maintaining Oracle Applications III",
          "text": "Remember, there may be many readmes in many different locations within the patch itself. Search and read all readmes before proceeding.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A text file meant to be read before taking any significant action with the items it accompanies."
      ],
      "id": "en-readme-en-noun-16orsBDL",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "text file",
          "text file"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) A text file meant to be read before taking any significant action with the items it accompanies."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "a file meant to be read before taking any significant action",
          "word": "legumino"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a file meant to be read before taking any significant action",
          "word": "lueminut-tiedosto"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a file meant to be read before taking any significant action",
          "word": "readme"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a file meant to be read before taking any significant action",
          "word": "lisezmoi"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a file meant to be read before taking any significant action",
          "word": "Readme"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a file meant to be read before taking any significant action",
          "word": "Liesmich"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "diávaséme",
          "sense": "a file meant to be read before taking any significant action",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "διάβασέμε"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "dvsm",
          "sense": "a file meant to be read before taking any significant action",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "δβσμ"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a file meant to be read before taking any significant action",
          "word": "readme"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a file meant to be read before taking any significant action",
          "word": "léame"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a file meant to be read before taking any significant action",
          "word": "benioku"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-readme.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/En-uk-readme.ogg/En-uk-readme.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/En-uk-readme.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (UK)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "readme"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "read",
        "3": "me"
      },
      "expansion": "read + me",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "read + me",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "readmes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "readme (plural readmes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English compound terms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Greek terms with redundant script codes",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, Barbara Matthews, John Stouffer, Karen Brownfield, Installing, Upgrading and Maintaining Oracle Applications III",
          "text": "Remember, there may be many readmes in many different locations within the patch itself. Search and read all readmes before proceeding.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A text file meant to be read before taking any significant action with the items it accompanies."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "text file",
          "text file"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) A text file meant to be read before taking any significant action with the items it accompanies."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/En-uk-readme.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (UK)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a file meant to be read before taking any significant action",
      "word": "legumino"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a file meant to be read before taking any significant action",
      "word": "lueminut-tiedosto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a file meant to be read before taking any significant action",
      "word": "readme"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a file meant to be read before taking any significant action",
      "word": "lisezmoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a file meant to be read before taking any significant action",
      "word": "Readme"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a file meant to be read before taking any significant action",
      "word": "Liesmich"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diávaséme",
      "sense": "a file meant to be read before taking any significant action",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "διάβασέμε"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dvsm",
      "sense": "a file meant to be read before taking any significant action",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "δβσμ"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a file meant to be read before taking any significant action",
      "word": "readme"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a file meant to be read before taking any significant action",
      "word": "léame"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a file meant to be read before taking any significant action",
      "word": "benioku"
    }
  ],
  "word": "readme"
}