readback

== English == === Etymology === Deverbal from read back. === Noun === readback (countable and uncountable, plural readbacks) (computing) The act of reading data back from a location where it has been stored. (aviation, telecommunications) The repetition of a message one has received, in order to acknowledge it and to demonstrate accurate comprehension (especially of commands). (dictation, stenography) 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). ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === backread