machine-readable

adjective

ma·​chine-read·​a·​ble mə-ˈshēn-ˈrē-də-bəl How to pronounce machine-readable (audio)
: directly usable by a computer
machine-readable text

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Unless businesses convert these types of documents into machine-readable formats, unethical practices, like forging signatures on financial documents, will accelerate. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025 These sources have earned trust at scale and structure their content in machine-readable ways. Jeffrey Herzog, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025 The app uses optical character recognition to convert handwriting into machine-readable text. ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025 Each entry is both human-verifiable and machine-readable, promoting trust and transparency. Evan J. Schwartz, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025 The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may instruct governments that have outstanding municipal bonds to start using this taxonomy to produce machine-readable audits as early as 2027. Marc Joffe, Orange County Register, 5 Mar. 2025 Companies can either work with existing vendors or develop custom AI agents to make operational data machine-readable. Sandeep Shilawat, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025 That changed in 1952 with the A-0 compiler, a series of specifications that automatically translates high-level languages such as English into machine-readable binary code. IEEE Spectrum, 13 Sep. 2024 This initiative requires software providers to submit machine-readable attestations of secure development practices, which must be validated by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency within 90 days. Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025

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First Known Use

1958, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of machine-readable was in 1958

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“Machine-readable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/machine-readable. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.

Kids Definition

machine-readable

adjective
ma·​chine-read·​able
: directly usable by a computer
machine-readable text
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