computerizes

Makes machine-operated

Computerizes means to equip with computers or convert to computer operation.

A business computerizes its records when it moves from paper files to digital databases.

The word often describes institutional modernization: The library computerized its catalog in the 1990s.

In British English, spelled computerises.

automation

digitizes

Converts to electronic format

processes · systematizes · modernizes · converts · transforms · upgrades · integrates · implements · programs · codes

data

records

Stored data or albums

  • storesRetail establishments or reserves
  • catalogsComprehensive itemized lists
  • archivesStored historical documents

indexes · organizes · tracks · manages · retrieves · inputs · enters · logs · digitizes · spreadsheets

workplace

office

Professional work location

billing · scheduling · inventory · management · operations · enterprise · business · HR · logistics · paperless

technology

digital

Of discrete data

software · networks · interfaces · terminals · mainframes · servers · devices · chips · circuits · binary

Opposites
automation method

computerizeshandcrafts

Manually produced decorative items

handwrites · pen-and-paper · typewriters

technological progression

computerizesdecommissions

Withdraws from active service

unplugs · rolls back

technological direction

computerizesanalogizes

Explains through comparison

unplugs · downgrades · simplifies

Family

computerized, computerize, computerization, computerizing

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G