readback

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noun

The act of reading data back from a location where it has been stored.

“OK, now let's do a readback before you send this off.”

UncommonScrabble 17

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nounreadback (countable and uncountable, plural readbacks)

plural readbacks

  1. countableuncountablecomputingThe act of reading data back from a location where it has been stored.

    If buffer readbacks are used, it is therefore important to try to reduce both the number of readbacks issued and the amount of data read back.

    2005, Christer Ericson, Real-time collision detection, page 415
  2. countableuncountableaeronauticsThe repetition of a message one has received, in order to acknowledge it and to demonstrate accurate comprehension (especially of commands).
  3. countableuncountablecommunicationsThe reading aloud by a transcriptionist, court reporter, or stenographer of draft correspondence or of testimony previously taken down in dictation, usually at the request of the presiding judge or parties involved in a deposition (courtroom contexts) or of the manager dictating the correspondence (business contexts).

    OK, now let's do a readback before you send this off.

    1 more example

    The judge ordered a readback of a portion of the testimony.

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APA

readback. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/readback

MLA

“readback.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/readback. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “readback,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/readback.

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