Meaning & use

digitize

verb·Academic

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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