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Invented in the early 2000s by John Gruber and Aaron Schwartz, Markdown is a backend writing format that, compared to, say, HTML, is more simple and readable for computers, and thus is booming once again in the era of AI search.—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 27 Feb. 2026 The idea here was that this material remains stable across conditions over extended periods, so the code etched onto it would be repeatedly readable.—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 20 Feb. 2026 Also, for the data to be readable across centuries, every single person or robot who ever handles the glass must avoid accidentally losing it or mistaking it for part of a futuristic domino set.—Damien Pine, Scientific American, 19 Feb. 2026 Their results suggest the data on the plates might be readable for more than 10,000 years at 290 °C, and likely even longer at ambient temperature, an endurance far exceeding conventional electronic data storage techniques.—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for readable