Digitize

verb

verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To represent something (such as an image or sound) as a structured sequence of binary digits. transitive

    "When you digitize a visual image, you are translating it into digital signals so that it can be broken down into pixels and loaded into the computer."

  2. 2
    put into digital form, as for use in a computer wordnet
  3. 3
    To quantize a continuous or analog value; to convert it into a discrete value.
  4. 4
    To finger. obsolete, transitive

    "to digitize a pen"

Synonyms

All synonyms
digitalizedigitalisedigitalizedigitise

Example

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""We must digitize these documents to preserve them for future generations." "But what if the data is lost or becomes unreadable by future technology? Books require no technology to read, and are immune to technological change." "Details, details.""

Etymology

From digit + -ize.

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