read in

Load from file

To read in is to load data or information into a computer system or program from an external source: The software reads in the configuration file at startup.

In intelligence and government contexts, to read someone in is to brief them on classified information, granting them access to a secret program or operation: She was read in on the covert mission.

Related
  • fileStored collection of data
  • parseExamine syntax closely
  • importObtain from overseas
  • loadCarried weight or burden
  • load upFill with cargo

input · secret · retrieve · buffer · interpret · incorporate · ingest · slurp · infer · scan · deduce · decode · boot · inject · hush · process · enter · initialize

Opposites
data transfer direction

read inwrite out

Express in full form

output · export · read out · write · send

security clearance action

read inread out

Speak text audibly

cut out · exclude · shut out · compartmentalize · blacklist

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reading, misreading, rereading, reading room, reading glasses

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