Word: readahead
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: rea
da
head
Definition: The operation of reading data from a storage medium in advance so that it is immediately available when requested.
Morphemes:
Affix: read
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: redde
Language: enm
Decoded: redde
Meaning: simple past
Affix: a-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Towards; Used to indicate direction, reduction to, increase to, change into, or motion.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ad
Language: la
Decoded: ad
Meaning: towards
Affix: head
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.