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MACHINE-READABLE
MACHINE-READABLE. A term in COMPUTING meaning ‘in a form that can be accepted by a machine, and particularly a computer’. Traditionally, this has meant that a TEXT is coded for electronic use, keyed into a computer, and stored on a laser disk or a magnetic tape, as for example when a paper DICTIONARY is converted to machine-readable form; currently, however, text on paper, either printed or typewritten, can be regarded as machine-readable if it can be processed (‘scanned’) on to a laser disk by an OCR (optical-character recognition) system (an optical scanner). In addition, because of developments in PRINTING and publishing, dictionaries and other works now generally are prepared directly on computer, so that machine-readable forms of books and other documents exist before any paper product is produced. With a machine-readable text, CONCORDANCES can be quickly produced, showing each occurrence of every word in context. The Oxford Text Archive serves as an international co-ordinating point for the effort to accumulate material in machine-readable form.
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TOM McARTHUR. "MACHINE-READABLE." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. TOM McARTHUR. "MACHINE-READABLE." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-MACHINEREADABLE.html TOM McARTHUR. "MACHINE-READABLE." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-MACHINEREADABLE.html |
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machine translation
machine translation in computational linguistics, publishing, and other fields, the use of computers to conduct large-scale translation operations. The electronic translation of one language into another or the electronic syntactic analysis of a text has been attempted since the mid 20th cent. However, the complexities of this type of operation, both practical and theoretical, have resulted in only a limited measure of success. |
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"machine translation." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "machine translation." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-machinetr.html "machine translation." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-machinetr.html |
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machine translation
machine translation The use of computers in translating from one natural language to another. This was originally a branch of artificial intelligence research, but commercial translation systems are now used regularly in professional translation bureaus. Fully automatic translation is not achievable but human post-editing can give acceptable results.
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JOHN DAINTITH. "machine translation." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "machine translation." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-machinetranslation.html JOHN DAINTITH. "machine translation." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-machinetranslation.html |
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machine-readable
ma·chine-read·a·ble • adj. (of data or text) in a form that a computer can process. |
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"machine-readable." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "machine-readable." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-machinereadable.html "machine-readable." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-machinereadable.html |
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