Meanings
plural read-me files
- Synonym of readme.
Then I heard about an "Installer" program that mostly automated the PPP configuration process, available on the Manhattan-based bulletin board ECHO, so I signed up for a PPP account there, downloaded the Installer to my computer, read the Read Me file, and followed the instructions.
1997, John Seabrook, Deeper, Adventures on the Net, page 135Synonyms: readme
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of readme.
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read-me file. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/read-me%20file
“read-me file.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/read-me%20file. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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