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FILE THAT CONTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER FILES IN A DIRECTORY OR ARCHIVE
Read me; Readme file; Readme; READ.ME; Read.Me; Read.me; README.1ST; Readme.1st; Readme.txt; ReadMe; Read me first.htm; README.DOC; README file; READ THIS FIRST; Read this first; README.TXT; README.md; Read This First; README.LST; README.PRN; README.WRI; README.ASC; LiesMich; Liesmich; LIESMICH; LisezMoi; Lisezmoi; DO NOT DELETE.ME; !1streadme.txt; !README; !readme; Read.1st; READ.1ST
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README file         
<convention> An introduction traditionally included in the top-level directory of a Unix source distribution, containing a pointer to more detailed documentation, credits, miscellaneous revision history, notes, etc. The file may be named README, or READ.ME, or rarely ReadMe or readme.txt or some other variant. In the Macintosh and IBM PC worlds, software is not usually distributed in source form, and the README is more likely to contain user-oriented material like last-minute documentation changes, error workarounds, and restrictions. The README convention probably follows the famous scene in Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland" in which Alice confronts magic munchies labelled "Eat Me" and "Drink Me". [Jargon File] (1995-02-28)

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README

In software development, a README file contains information about the other files in a directory or archive of computer software. A form of documentation, it is usually a simple plain text file called README, Read Me, READ.ME, README.TXT, README.md (to indicate the use of Markdown), or README.1ST.

The file's name is generally written in uppercase. On Unix-like systems in particular, this causes it to stand out – both because lowercase filenames are more common, and because the ls command commonly sorts and displays files in ASCII-code order, in which uppercase filenames will appear first.