The phrase "able to read data" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing someone's capability or a system's functionality to interpret or access information.
Example: "The new software is able to read data from various file formats, making it versatile for users."
Alternatives: "capable of reading data" or "competent in data interpretation."
Windows 8 should be able to read data stored on DVD discs; if not, check with your hardware manufacturer for troubleshooting tips.
In one of them — "I'm not going to tell you which one," he said — rested the "digital genome," a sort of Rosetta Stone created by several European academics so that future generations would be able to read data stored on obsolete formats like floppy disks.
The watch is able to read data from up to 12 GPS satellites simultaneously.
The ease with which participants were personally able to read data from the map was a motivator for map preference, but participants also expressed consideration of how easy it would be to use the map to communicate with peers and the public: It's more than just communicating it [the map] to fellow scientists, or fellow emergency managers, or engineers, or whatever.
Both software programs are able to read data contained in spreadsheets.
Fluorescent and bioluminescent reporters are most commonly used, and most instruments are able to read data from both, including the NightOwl (Berthold Technologies), In Vivo imaging systems (Bruker), iBox Scientia Small Animal Imaging System (UVP), and the PhotonIMAGER (Biospace Lab).
With this amendment, Apache Flume was then able to write a single file and append it while at the same time analytics jobs were able to read the data while the data were being written into HDFS.
They tested 10 different credit and debit cards, that were meant to be coded to "mask" personal data, and were able to read crucial data that was meant to be hidden.
The analytics jobs were able to read the data that were written by the custom data pipeline but not those written by Apache Flume.
Heartbleed has also been implicated as one of the ways the US National Security Agency NSAA) has been able to read secure data as part of its Prism online surveillance programme.
A spokesman said it would not be able to read the data, which would not be kept or used for any other reason than to carry out the necessary calculations.
