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definition of human-readable
adjective
1
able to be read and understood by people, as opposed to codes read by machines
The major distinction between names and addresses is whether they are intended to be human-readable or machine-readable.
2
able to be read and understood by ordinary people, as opposed to lawyers
This is a human-readable summary of the Legal Code.
Submitted by: Arianna Basaric from Serbia on 30/01/2012 11:24:00
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