machine-readable text

1. This is one of the old issues with XML, that it is used for both data ( machine-readable information) and content ( human-legible text).
   XML的老问题之一，即同时用于数据（机器可读的信息）和内容（人类易懂的文本）。
2. Machine-readable text that is not sequential but is organized so that related items of information are connected.
   非连续的但有组织的机器-可读文本因此其相关信息是连接的。

noun

1. electronic text that is stored as strings of characters and that can be displayed in a variety of formats