First recorded in 1960–65
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Then think of “business ontology” as a digital, machine-readable version of the company, like the New York & Erie Railroad’s signaling tree.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 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
Copyright Office records in machine-readable form cataloged from January 1, 1978, to the present, including registration and renewal information and recorded documents, are now available for searching on the Internet.
From Copyright Basics by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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 Weekley, Ernest
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