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Definition of write-protect verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

write-protect

verb

write-protect something (computing)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they write-protect he / she / it write-protects past simple write-protected -ing form write-protecting

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to protect the information on a computer disk from being changed or deleted (= destroyed)

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