1946 Ann. Computation Lab. Harvard Univ. 1 63 If a quantity is standing in the counter at the time of read-in so that addition must be performed, the carry circuits are utilized.

1959 E. M. McCormick Digital Computer Primer ii. 8 When the storage..comprises relays and vacuum tubes,..special read-in equipment is required.

1970 Computers & Humanities 4 166 Only the read-in statements of the program set would need to be changed to accommodate this programming.

2002 Proc. SPIE (Internat. Soc. Optical Engin.) 4750 209 Methods and devices are developed for read-in, storing, read-out, switching and transfer of information light signals.

1961 N.Y. Times 9 Nov. 37 Last night, twenty-four students gathered in the campus library for an all-night ‘read-in’ demonstration.

1997 G. T. Eskew But for Birmingham i. 48 King's return to Albany on July 10, 1962, for sentencing..reinvigorated the local movement... Students staged kneel-ins at area churches, read-ins at the library, and swim-ins at the pool.

2004 T. H. Anderson Pursuit of Fairness ii. 58 During the late 1950s..black students started sit-ins at lunch counters... Blacks also began read-ins at other public facilities, such as libraries, and paint-ins at art galleries, wade-ins at beaches, and kneel-ins at white churches.

1983 Eng. Jrnl. 72 83/2 What about time to read?.. Quiet, regular, uninterrupted time... We felt Read-ins were a logical step in our reading-for-pleasure sequence.

1998 Cincinnati Enquirer 1 Feb. c2/2 The African-American Literature Read-In takes place at four sites..on Monday. The goal of the national read-in, started in 1990, is to create a chain that will grow to 1 million readers by the year 2000.

2004 Independent (Compact ed.) 28 Feb. 3/1 The ‘community read-in’..mobilises book clubs, public libraries and local bookstores to get entire cities and regions reading the same book and talking about it.