write protectionn.
/ˌrʌɪt prəˈtɛkʃn/, U.S. /ˌraɪt prəˈtɛkʃən/ Computing.
Protection in the form of a physical mechanism or software setting which prevents data on a disc or storage device from being modified or deleted; the fact or quality of being write-protected. Cf. write-protect n.
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write protection1961
storage protection1965
write-protect1966
1961 Adv. Automatic Programming 26 Whatever the applications, read protection is a useful adjunct to write protection as a program debugging aid.
1983 V. Daniel Hunt Industr. Robotics Handbk. 123 Some form of write protection is almost always available on any kind of magnetic tape.
2012 Times of India (Nexis) 23 Oct. Run the program and you'll get an option to switch USB Write Protection on or off.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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