digitize

English

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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. (transitive, 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. (transitive, obsolete) To finger.
    to digitize a pen
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Thomas Browne to this entry?)

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