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In Computing specifically, the phrase human-readable refers to data shown in a format easily read by most Humans —normally as ASCII -encoded text, as opposed to Binary data. Note that any data format at all can be parsed by a suitably-programmed computer; reasons for choosing binary formats over text formats usually center on issues of storage space (a binary representation usually takes up fewer Bytes of storage) and ease of reading back into a computer program (less Parsing is necessary). However, with the advent of well-specified, structured markup languages such as XML , and the decreasing costs of data storage, compromises between human-readability and machine-readability are now more feasible than they were in the past. SEE ALSO Machine-readable |
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