| 释义 |
read-mostly, a. Computers.|riːdˈməʊstlɪ|
[f. read v. + mostly adv.]
Applied to a memory whose contents can be changed, though not by program instructions, but which is designed on the basis that such changes will be very infrequent compared with the number of occasions when the contents are read.
1971New Scientist 1 Apr. 29/3 Initially, read-mostly memories will be used for semi-permanently stored computer instructions, such as in process control computers. 1977Sci. Amer. Sept. 139/1 Another variation on the read-only memory is the read-mostly memory... Read-mostly memories have two forms. The commonest is the optically erasable read-only memory. Ibid., An alternative form of read-mostly memory is the electrically alterable read-only memory.., which can be altered without the necessity of erasing the entire array. |