readback Meaning & Definition
What Does Readback Mean?
Readback is a noun that means The act of reading data back from a location where it has been stored. It is also used to mean The repetition of a message one has received, in order to acknowledge it and to demonstrate accurate comprehension (especially of commands).
Readback Definition (Noun)
- The act of reading data back from a location where it has been stored.
- The repetition of a message one has received, in order to acknowledge it and to demonstrate accurate comprehension (especially of commands).
- The 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.
Synonyms of Readback
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Readback synonyms and antonyms →Readback in a Sentence
OK, now let's do a readback before you send this off.
The judge ordered a readback of a portion of the testimony.
Word Forms & Grammar
readback (countable and uncountable, plural readbacks)
Origin of Readback
Deverbal from read back.