machine-readable
adjective
of or relating to data encoded on an appropriate medium and in a form suitable for processing by computer.
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machine readableadjective(of data) in a form in which it can be fed into a computer
machine-readable
American
[muh-sheen-ree-duh-buhl]
/ məˈʃinˈri də bəl /
adjective
Computers.
machine readable
British
adjective
Etymology
Origin of machine-readable
First recorded in 1960–65
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Truth API provides customers with machine-readable feeds from popular accounts within milliseconds, McGurn said Monday, giving customers “fractionally faster” access to public information.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Claude Code Security focuses on securing code bases, while JFrog helps companies manage and secure software binaries—the conversion of plain-text code into machine-readable language.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
He cited a 2019 Supreme Court judgment to say the opposition's demand for machine-readable voter lists could impinge on people's privacy.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025
The company then proceeded to strip the books’ bindings, cut their pages and scan them into digital and machine-readable forms, according to the decision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2025
One of the first was a compiler named VUCK, which converted programs written in the popular C programming language into machine-readable code.
From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Sam Williams
If you are a permanent resident, you must have a machine readable permanent resident card.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
A White House directive in 2022 requires that papers produced with federal funding be machine readable, but agencies have yet to propose details.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 21, 2023
DNS is a service that translates readable domain names to machine readable IP addresses, connecting it to a server and delivering the requested page on the user’s phone or laptop.
From Reuters ● Jul. 22, 2021
Since the ballot would be both human readable and machine readable, there would be no question at to the vote.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2018
However, as the product is machine readable, search is easier than working from an index, and I tried to support the use of such facilities.
From The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley
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