Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective computing That can be
read byhumans (as well ascomputers ), such as afile format based onplain text .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word human-readable.
Examples
-
I really wish there were a best practices norm that people who use cookies have to make them human-readable, so you know what they say about you.
Discourse.net: 'Better Privacy' Firefox Add-On Eats Hidden Cookies 2009
-
Features include: a simple interface, human-readable URL scheme, a novel domain name, and RSS feeds for web syndication.www. delicious.com
-
A piece of mail in an envelope is not really human-readable, but if you apply enough effort to it, you can read it without opening.
-
When a user types an address, such as telegraph.co.uk, the request is first sent to a DNS server which translates the human-readable address into a computer-readable one known as a "dotted quad".
Turkish hacker group diverts users away from high-profile websites 2011
-
The person sending the email intends it for a specific place, and absent intentional intervention on the part of the owners of the intervening computers, the mail is not sent in human-readable format — it gets that way when the intended user accesses his mailbox with software designed for reading its contents.
-
Good computer code is human-readable, with sensible variable and procedure names.
-
I agree with this, AutoIt3 and later is much more human-readable.
Get Firefox’s Ctrl+K Shortcut In Internet Explorer | Lifehacker Australia 2009
-
But exporting from WordPress to a printable format such as PDF or some other human-readable format is not currently available.
-
While a variety of measures may protect access to that data, the data itself remains human-readable which means it is, for all intents and purposes, wide open.
Windows 7 Ultimate Edition Not Geared At Home Users | Lifehacker Australia 2009
-
The person sending the email intends it for a specific place, and absent intentional intervention on the part of the owners of the intervening computers, the mail is not sent in human-readable format — it gets that way when the intended user accesses his mailbox with software designed for reading its contents.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.