Meaning & use

Computerized

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Controlled, performed, or stored using a computer or computer system.

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The library switched to a computerized catalog in the 1990s.

Modern cars rely on computerized systems to manage the engine.

A note on using this word

Usage splits by region: American English favors 'computerized,' while British English commonly uses 'computerised.'

Words with a similar meaning

automateddigitized

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Words with an opposite meaning

manual

Another way to use it

2. verb

Converted (data, a process, or a system) to be managed by computer.

The firm computerized its payroll records last year.

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