digitize

English

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Alternative forms

• digitise

Etymology

digit +‎ -ize

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪdʒɪtaɪz/

Verb

digitize (third-person singular simple present digitizes, present participle digitizing, simple past and past participle digitized)

1. (computing) To represent something (such as an image or sound) as a structured sequence of binary digits
2. To quantize a continuous or analog value; to convert it into a discrete value
3. (obsolete) To finger.

   to digitize a pen

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Synonyms

• (represent in binary): digitalize

Related terms

• digitization
• digitisation

Translations

represent something as a sequence of binary digits

• Finnish: digitalisoida
• French: numériser (fr) f
• Greek: ψηφιοποιώ (psifiopoió)
• Italian: digitalizzare

• Serbo-Croatian: дигитализовати (digitalizovati)
• Spanish: digitalizar
• Swedish: digitalisera (sv)