machine-readable
adjective
ma·chine-read·a·ble
mə-ˈshēn-ˈrē-də-bəl 
: directly usable by a computer
machine-readable text
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Think parsing compliance documents and flagging issues in seconds, automating right-to-work checks across government sites and encoding standard operating procedures (SOPs) into machine-readable rules.
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Vardhan Kapoor, Forbes.com, 17 July 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.
—Lauren Harvey, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
The International Civil Aviation Organization, which sets the standards for machine-readable passports, provides three options: female, male or X (for unspecified).
—Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
This contrast illustrates the strategic value of prompt engineering: converting vague, high-level user intent into structured, context-rich machine-readable instructions that generate consistent and meaningful responses.
—Shikher Goel, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Unless businesses convert these types of documents into machine-readable formats, unethical practices, like forging signatures on financial documents, will accelerate.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
These sources have earned trust at scale and structure their content in machine-readable ways.
—Jeffrey Herzog, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
The app uses optical character recognition to convert handwriting into machine-readable text.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
Each entry is both human-verifiable and machine-readable, promoting trust and transparency.
—Evan J. Schwartz, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Vardhan Kapoor, Forbes.com, 17 July 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.
—Lauren Harvey, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
The International Civil Aviation Organization, which sets the standards for machine-readable passports, provides three options: female, male or X (for unspecified).
—Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
This contrast illustrates the strategic value of prompt engineering: converting vague, high-level user intent into structured, context-rich machine-readable instructions that generate consistent and meaningful responses.
—Shikher Goel, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Unless businesses convert these types of documents into machine-readable formats, unethical practices, like forging signatures on financial documents, will accelerate.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
These sources have earned trust at scale and structure their content in machine-readable ways.
—Jeffrey Herzog, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
The app uses optical character recognition to convert handwriting into machine-readable text.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
Each entry is both human-verifiable and machine-readable, promoting trust and transparency.
—Evan J. Schwartz, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Machine-readable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/machine-readable. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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