Definition of "writable"

writable

/ˈɹaɪtəbəl/

adjective
comparative more writable, superlative most writable
1. Capable of being written.
2. (computing, of a file, storage device, etc.) Capable of being written to.
  Quotations
  The following code snippet shows how to check whether a writable database already exists, and if not, create an editable copy.
  2013, Patrick Alessi, Professional iOS Database Application Programming
3. (programming) mutable
  Quotations
  In general, writable variables must have unique instances per processor executing a shader and therefore cannot be shared.
  2009, Randi J. Rost, Bill M. Licea-Kane, Dan Ginsburg, OpenGL Shading Language