Machine-readable
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Machine-readable is an adjective meaning Capable of being read by a machine, especially a computer system.
Meaning
Capable of being read by a machine, especially a computer system.
More Meanings
- (computing) Organised or formatted in a way that permits unambiguous interpretation by a program.
Example Sentences
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An ASCII text file may not be considered machine-readable if its contents do not follow a predictable, well-defined structure.
This encoded every single piece of information about you, your body and your life into one all-purpose machine-readable card that you could then carry around in your wallet, and therefore represented technology’s greatest triumph to date over both itself and plain common sense.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include computerised, computerized, computerizable, computerisable, objectable, processable.
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