computerize

Convert to digital

To computerize is to convert a process, system, or operation to computer control or management.

A business computerizes its records by moving from paper files to digital databases.

A factory computerizes by replacing manual operations with automated systems.

The word gained currency in the 1960s as organizations began adopting electronic data processing: The library computerized its catalog in the 1990s.

digitize

digitize

Convert to electronic format

upload · OCR · archive · database · automate · paperless · records · e-file · storage · data

modernize

upgrade

Raise to higher standard

overhaul · modernization · transform · enhance · integrate · implement · transition · revamp · optimize · innovate

program

software

Programs directing computer operations

  • codingWriting software instructions
  • algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
  • programPlanned sequence of actions

script · automate · system · interface · database · application · development · code · programming · configure

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automation method

computerizehandwrite

Form letters manually

labor-intensive · humanize · pen and paper · manual labor · typewrite

technological adoption

computerizeunplug

Sever from power source

deindustrialize

Family

computerized, computerised, computerization, computerise, computerizing, computerizes, computerising

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