write-protect

write-pro·tect

(rīt′prə-tĕkt′)

tr.v. write-pro·tect·ed, write-pro·tect·ing, write-pro·tects Computers

To modify (a file or disk) so that its data cannot be edited or erased.

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write-protect

vb (tr)

(Computer Science) to protect (a computer disk) from accidental writing or erasure

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write-protect

Past participle: write-protected
Gerund: write-protecting

Imperative
write-protect
write-protect

Present
I write-protect
you write-protect
he/she/it write-protects
we write-protect
you write-protect
they write-protect

Preterite
I write-protected
you write-protected
he/she/it write-protected
we write-protected
you write-protected
they write-protected

Present Continuous
I am write-protecting
you are write-protecting
he/she/it is write-protecting
we are write-protecting
you are write-protecting
they are write-protecting

Present Perfect
I have write-protected
you have write-protected
he/she/it has write-protected
we have write-protected
you have write-protected
they have write-protected

Past Continuous
I was write-protecting
you were write-protecting
he/she/it was write-protecting
we were write-protecting
you were write-protecting
they were write-protecting

Past Perfect
I had write-protected
you had write-protected
he/she/it had write-protected
we had write-protected
you had write-protected
they had write-protected

Future
I will write-protect
you will write-protect
he/she/it will write-protect
we will write-protect
you will write-protect
they will write-protect

Future Perfect
I will have write-protected
you will have write-protected
he/she/it will have write-protected
we will have write-protected
you will have write-protected
they will have write-protected

Future Continuous
I will be write-protecting
you will be write-protecting
he/she/it will be write-protecting
we will be write-protecting
you will be write-protecting
they will be write-protecting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been write-protecting
you have been write-protecting
he/she/it has been write-protecting
we have been write-protecting
you have been write-protecting
they have been write-protecting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been write-protecting
you will have been write-protecting
he/she/it will have been write-protecting
we will have been write-protecting
you will have been write-protecting
they will have been write-protecting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been write-protecting
you had been write-protecting
he/she/it had been write-protecting
we had been write-protecting
you had been write-protecting
they had been write-protecting

Conditional
I would write-protect
you would write-protect
he/she/it would write-protect
we would write-protect
you would write-protect
they would write-protect

Past Conditional
I would have write-protected
you would have write-protected
he/she/it would have write-protected
we would have write-protected
you would have write-protected
they would have write-protected

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Translations

write-protect

[ˈraɪtprəˈtekt] VT → proteger contra escritura

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write-protect

[ˌraɪtprəˈtɛkt] vt (Comput) → proteggere contro scrittura

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