WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ma•chine-read•a•ble
(mə shēn′rē′də bəl),USA pronunciation adj. [Computers.]
- Computingof or pertaining to data encoded on an appropriate medium and in a form suitable for processing by computer.
- 1960–65
'machine-readable' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
authority file
- barcode
- hard copy
- indexing service
- marc
- on-line catalog
- record
- source code
- swipe