machine-readable en · ADJ
Meanings
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Capable of being read by a machine, especially a computer system.
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.
1992, Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 51:
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Organised or formatted in a way that permits unambiguous interpretation by a program.
machine-readable dictionary
An ASCII text file may not be considered machine-readable if its contents do not follow a predictable, well-defined structure.
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most machine-readable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more machine-readable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
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Translations (9)
ja 機械可読 (Translations) · ru машинно-чита́емый (Translations) · sv maskinläsbar (Translations) · fi koneluettava (Translations) · da maskinlæsbar (Translations) · id terbaca mesin (Translations) · de maschinenlesbar (Translations) · ru машиночита́емый (Translations) · ja マシンリーダブル (Translations)