What is the difference between human-readable and machine-readable?

What is human-readable document?

A human-readable medium or human-readable format is any encoding of data or information that can be naturally read by humans.

What is considered human-readable?

Human readable is a term for data that can be interpreted by people. In theory, a human can understand anything that a machine can understand. For example, a human could understand machine code that is used by computers to execute software.

What is an example of human-readable device?

Examples of I/O Devices Human readable (Communicating with user) – Screen, printer, keyboard, etc.

Is human-readable a hard copy?

Hard copy1 is distinguished from data on an ephemeral medium, such as a text on a computer screen. It generally implies a human-readable format, as distinguished from machine-readable format such as a floppy disk, but may be used to include microfilm.