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Record 1 2003-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Computer Memories
CONT

Most objects (disk, files, directories) are read/write, but operating systems also allow you to protect objects with a read-only attribute that prevents other users from modifying the object.

Key term(s)
  • read-write

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
DEF

Attribut qui autorise la lecture ou l'écriture de données.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
OBS

Término aplicado a un dispositivo u operación que puede leer o escribir datos en un dispositivo de almacenamiento.

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