computer-readable
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- adjective
- /kəmˈpjuːtər ˈriːdəbəl/
- Specialized
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legible por computadora
- There was a barcode next to her name, all Sis's vital information in computer-readable form.
Examples
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The new software can convert documents into computer-readable files that can be easily processed by machines.
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The digital (or electronic) portfolio holds a greater quantity of materials in many media types, including videotape, audio recordings, and graphics, all contained in a computer-readable format.
Academic text (2008) -
Search results delivered in computer-readable form remain the property of CAS.
Blog text (3) -
This is where you have a computer-readable medium with a patentable computer program stored on it.
Academic text (1999) -
Catch-22 was first scanned in order to obtain a computer-readable text.
Academic text (2003) -
Open Data Initiatives: Making more government data publicly accessible in "computer-readable" formats to spur the use of that data by entrepreneurs as fuel for the creation of new products, services, and jobs.
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The United States should support a system to ensure that every country's passports are computer-readable, with every country's passport control stations linked to a database that can verify the document or indicate the need for further inquiries.
Academic text (1998) -
Although the SEC filings are available from EDGAR in a computer-readable format, they are difficult to process automatically because of great variations in the filing structure and terminology, which impede the automatic understanding of the semantics of plain-text documents.
Academic text (2005) -
Many scientific journals are now published online in computer-readable formats to facilitate data analysis.
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By scanning the document, the information was transformed into a computer-readable format for easier storage and retrieval.
Synonyms
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4.0
Data in a form that a computer can read and use without human help
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Easy to read and understand for a person or a computer
Text in a computer file that a program can read and use
Able to be read or used by a computer
How Machine-Readable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Computer-readable combines computer, a machine that 'calculates' and works with data, and readable, meaning 'able to be read'. So it describes data or a file in a form a computer can read and use directly without change.