machine binding
Usually a part of software licensing or digital media distribution that prohibits the software from being used on more than one physical computer system or machine. Users who upgrade their systems or make major changes to it may have difficulty keeping their rights if enough changes are detected in the system.
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- machine dependent
Refers to a software application that runs only on a particular type of computer. Programs that run on a variety of different types of computers are called machine independent. Almost all programs have some machine dependencies (that is, they run somewhat differently on different types of computers), but the degree of independence can vary widely. […]
- machine independent
Able to run on a variety of computers.
- Machine Language
The lowest-level programming language (except for computers that utilize programmable microcode) Machine languages are the only languages understood by computers. While easily understood by computers, machine languages are almost impossible for humans to use because they consist entirely of numbers. Programmers, therefore, use either a high-level programming language or an assembly language. An assembly language […]
- machine readable
In a form that a computer can accept. Machine-readable data includes files stored on disk or tape, or data that comes from a device connected to a computer. Even typewritten pages can be considered machine-readable if you have an optical character recognition (OCR) system.
- Macro
(1) A symbol, name, or key that represents a list of commands, actions, or keystrokes. Many programs allow you to create macros so that you can enter a single character or word to perform a whole series of actions. Suppose, for example, that you are editing a file and want to indent every third line […]