Writable

Origin

write + -able

Full definition of writable

Adjective

1. Capable of being written.Are sign languages writable?
2. (computing, of a file, storage device, etc.) Capable of being written to.The file is writable only for users in the admin group.I burned my family's vacation photos onto a writable CD.
• 2013, Patrick Alessi, Professional iOS Database Application ProgrammingThe following code snippet shows how to check whether a writable database already exists, and if not, create an editable copy.
3. (programming) mutable
• 2009, Randi J. Rost, ‎Bill M. Licea-Kane, ‎Dan Ginsburg, OpenGL Shading LanguageIn general, writable variables must have unique instances per processor executing a shader and therefore cannot be shared.

Antonyms

• (computing) read-only

Alternative spellings

• writeable