Definition of "machine-readable text" []

• Electronic text that is stored as strings of characters and that can be displayed in a variety of formats (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Note: The machine-readable text has been edited to conform to the 1909 print version: paragraphing, punctuation, and transcription errors have been corrected, omissions have been reinserted, italics and em dashes have been inserted."