Meanings
- not comparablerarecomputingCapable of, or suitable for, being echoed to the display.
That is, it must make sure that the host has caught up with the input character stream and echoed all echoable characters.
1976, Robert P. Blanc, Ira W. Cotton, Computer networking
Origin
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echoable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echoable
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