dig·i·tize

(dĭj′ĭ-tīz′)

tr.v. dig·i·tized, dig·i·tiz·ing, dig·i·tiz·es

To put (data, for example) into digital form.

dig′i·ti·za′tion (-tĭ-zā′shən) n.

dig′i·tiz′er n.

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digitize

(ˈdɪdʒɪˌtaɪz) or

digitise

(Computer Science) (tr) to transcribe (data) into a digital form so that it can be directly processed by a computer

ˌdigitiˈzation, ˌdigitiˈsation n

ˈdigiˌtizer, ˈdigiˌtiser n

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dig•i•tize

(ˈdɪdʒ ɪˌtaɪz)

also digitalize

v.t. -tized, -tiz•ing.

to convert (data) to digital form.

[1950–55]

dig`i•ti•za′tion, n.

dig′i•tiz`er, n.

digitize

Past participle: digitized
Gerund: digitizing

Imperative
digitize
digitize

Present
I digitize
you digitize
he/she/it digitizes
we digitize
you digitize
they digitize

Preterite
I digitized
you digitized
he/she/it digitized
we digitized
you digitized
they digitized

Present Continuous
I am digitizing
you are digitizing
he/she/it is digitizing
we are digitizing
you are digitizing
they are digitizing

Present Perfect
I have digitized
you have digitized
he/she/it has digitized
we have digitized
you have digitized
they have digitized

Past Continuous
I was digitizing
you were digitizing
he/she/it was digitizing
we were digitizing
you were digitizing
they were digitizing

Past Perfect
I had digitized
you had digitized
he/she/it had digitized
we had digitized
you had digitized
they had digitized

Future
I will digitize
you will digitize
he/she/it will digitize
we will digitize
you will digitize
they will digitize

Future Perfect
I will have digitized
you will have digitized
he/she/it will have digitized
we will have digitized
you will have digitized
they will have digitized

Future Continuous
I will be digitizing
you will be digitizing
he/she/it will be digitizing
we will be digitizing
you will be digitizing
they will be digitizing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been digitizing
you have been digitizing
he/she/it has been digitizing
we have been digitizing
you have been digitizing
they have been digitizing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been digitizing
you will have been digitizing
he/she/it will have been digitizing
we will have been digitizing
you will have been digitizing
they will have been digitizing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been digitizing
you had been digitizing
he/she/it had been digitizing
we had been digitizing
you had been digitizing
they had been digitizing

Conditional
I would digitize
you would digitize
he/she/it would digitize
we would digitize
you would digitize
they would digitize

Past Conditional
I would have digitized
you would have digitized
he/she/it would have digitized
we would have digitized
you would have digitized
they would have digitized

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Verb

digitize - put into digital form, as for use in a computer; "he bought a device to digitize the data"

digitalise, digitalize, digitise

alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

Translations

numériser

digitize

[ˈdɪdʒɪtaɪz] VT → digitalizar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

digitize

[ˈdɪdʒɪtaɪz] digitise (British) vt [+ information] → numériser
to be digitized → être numérisé(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

digitize

vt (Comput) → digitalisieren

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