readback

Meanings

1. The act of reading data back from a location where it has been stored.
2. The repetition of a message one has received, in order to acknowledge it and to demonstrate accurate comprehension (especially of commands).
3. 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).

Etymology

Deverbal from read back.