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readback

The English word “readback” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The act of reading data back from a location where it has been stored.
  2. The repetition of a message one has received, in order to acknowledge it and to demonstrate accurate comprehension (especially of commands).
  3. The reading aloud by a transcriptionist, court reporter, or stenographer of draft correspondence or of testimony previously taken down in dictation, usually at the request of the presiding judge or parties involved in a deposition (courtroom contexts) or of the manager dictating the correspondence (business contexts).

Etymology

Deverbal from read back.

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