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read-out|ˈriːdaʊt|
Also readout.
[f. vbl. phr. to read out (read v. 6 f).]
1. a. Computers. The extraction or transfer of data from a storage medium or device. Also transf.
1946[see read v. 6 f]. 1952[see matrix 6 d]. 1961IBM Jrnl. Res. & Development V. 67/1 During readout the voltage pulse will be applied to a selected conductor corresponding to the word to be read out. 1970O. Dopping Computers & Data Processing x. 151 Read-out is effected when a desired word passes through the pulse-shaping circuits. 1971J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man xxii. 302 This reprogramming of the read-out of the DNA may serve to bring into play a new complex of enzyme systems.
b. The display of data by an automatic device in an understandable form. Also transf.
1961Aeroplane & Astronautics CI. 573/2 The range indicator displays have a six-figure readout correct to the nearest 25 m. 1965Wireless World July 35 (Advt.), For rapid transistor measurements, it can be set up for direct meter readout. 1971Engineering Apr. 44/2 (caption) The new Sangamo extensometer which offers direct readout plus great sensitivity. 1971Nature 13 Aug. 443/3 Displays have been selected during evolution to provide an accurate ‘read out’ of an animal's internal state to another animal.
c. (See quot. 1966.)
1966Britannica Bk. of Year 1965 807/2 Readout, the radio transmission of data or pictures from a space vehicle either immediately upon acquisition or later by means of playback of a tape recording. 1970N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon iii. 66 There was still work to do, starting with spacecraft-to-ground readouts.
2. A device for extracting or displaying data.
1954IRE Trans. Electronic Computers Dec. 12 (heading) A radio-frequency nondestructive readout for magnetic core memories. Ibid. 15/1 It was possible to sense any core in this array plane using the rf readout. 1967Electronics 6 Mar. 114/1 (Advt.), Our all-new nixie tube—the industry's lowest-cost electronic readout, and one sure to usher in a whole new generation of low-cost digital instrumentation. 1969A. C. Marin Rise with Wind i. 4 Any efforts..to create an identity for the Director always fell flat, killed by the ever-present awareness of the computerlike brain... You could almost sense the logic circuits working, the tapes running on the reels, the punch cards appearing on the read-out. 1972Physics Bull. July 418/3 An easy to read 2½ digit led readout reduces error when interpreting the measurements, particularly in low light conditions. 1976M. Machlin Pipeline liii. 538 She was pleased to see that Schultheiss was alone in the control shack, which was a large building filled with a complicated set of flashing lights, meters, and digital readouts.
3. A record of its output produced by a computer or scientific instrument.
1967Economist 11 Feb. 542/1 The computer read-out is fed into the draughting machine which should then draw the correct shape of the ship for the designer to check. 1970H. Harrison Captive Universe 142 Just look at these figures... These are from a machine, a readout. 1971Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 11 Dec. 17/5 The echogram—the read-out of an electronic device that is useful in diagnosing such abnormalities as tumours. 1977Daily Tel. 25 Jan. 15/3, I left behind at the institute about 100-yards of paper read-outs, my metabolic processes recorded in squiggly lines.
4. attrib.
1965Wireless World July 352/3 The average readout time is two seconds but for maximum readout it is five seconds. 1966Times Rev. Industry Oct. 52/1 The units in the range—sample injection systems, oven and temperature controllers, columns, detectors and read-out units—are of modular design. 1968H. Harris Nucleus & Cytoplasm iv. 68 Our text-books are full of diagrams showing ribosomes rolling along a messenger tape and thus fulfilling their role as a ‘read-out’ mechanism. 1976Offshore Platforms & Pipelining 57/1 Readout gauges on the control panel will display tension in each line. 1976B. Bova Multiple Man (1977) i. 16 The computer was humming to itself, lights flickering on its read-out console. |