Meaning & use
digitize
To convert information, images, or sound into a digital format that a computer can process.
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The library spent years digitizing its collection of rare historical manuscripts.
Digitizing old family photographs helps preserve them for many future generations.
A note on using this word
Digitizing refers specifically to converting analog material into digital data, not simply to using computers in general.
Words with a similar meaning
digitalize
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