machine-displayable text

7.5

Words and letters a computer saves so you can view and search them

noun

Specialized

: texto legible por máquina

You can search for keywords within any machine-displayable text using specific software.

Examples

The scanned contract was saved as machine-displayable text for easier archiving.
Modern libraries often store rare manuscripts as machine-displayable text to preserve their contents digitally.
The report included machine-displayable text for easy access.
Can you convert this document into machine-displayable text?
Modern libraries often store rare manuscripts as machine-displayable text to preserve their contents digitally.
The scanned contract was saved as machine-displayable text for easier archiving.
You can search for keywords within any machine-displayable text using specific software.

Synonyms

electronic text

vsmachine-displayable text

Specialized

1 3.7

Text in a computer file that you can read on a screen

is the version designed mainly for device viewing and often presented as an image

How Machine-Readable

machine-readable text

Specialized

4.2

machine-displayable text

Specialized

7.5

scanning

Specialized

9 3.7

Surface Forms

machine-displayable text singular

machine-displayable texts plural

Morphology

machine-displayable + text

The phrase is compositionally built: 'machine-displayable' literally means 'able to be displayed by a machine' and combined with 'text' yields 'text that can be shown by a computer or device.' The modifier uses productive English morphology (display + -able) and a common noun-modifier pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent meanings should be able to infer the overall sense.

Etymology

Machine-displayable text comes from the simple idea of written words that a machine can 'display' on a screen, so the phrase puts together machine, displayable and text into one name. That's why it means text stored in a digital form that a computer or device can show and search.