machine-readable

[muh-sheen-ree-duh-buhl]

adjective

Computers.

1. of or relating to data encoded on an appropriate medium and in a form suitable for processing by computer.

machine readable

adjective

1. (of data) in a form in which it can be fed into a computer

Word History and Origins

Origin of machine readable¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

The first security watermark was added in 1972 and machine-readable passports were introduced in 1988.

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It also bought millions of print copies in bulk and stripped the books’ bindings, cut their pages and scanned them into digital and machine-readable forms, which Alsup found to be in the bounds of fair use, according to the judge’s ruling.

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They also bought millions of print copies in bulk and stripped the books’ bindings, cut their pages and scanned them into digital and machine-readable forms, which Alsup found to be in the bounds of fair use, according to the judge’s ruling.

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Opposition parties questioned why the commission was putting up scanned physical copies, rather than machine-readable lists of omitted voters, which could be independently verified by analysts and political parties.

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He cited a 2019 Supreme Court judgment to say the opposition's demand for machine-readable voter lists could impinge on people's privacy.

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