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machine readable [1 record]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

[Said of data] capable of being read by a computer.

CONT

Much of the information published on the Web is machine-readable, but a much smaller proportion is currently machine-understandable. Information is machine-readable if it is published in a form that can be extracted and manipulated using a computer.

PHR

machine-readable content, machine-readable form, machine-readable format, machine-readable information, machine-readable material, machine-readable medium, machine-readable version

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
DEF

Qualifie des données qui peuvent être lues par un ordinateur.

PHR

format lisible par machine, forme lisible par machine, support lisible par machine, version lisible par machine

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
DEF

En forma que pueda ser leído por la computadora (ordenador).

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