digitalise

Make computer-readable

Digitalise is the British spelling of digitize—to convert information into digital format.

Analog recordings, paper documents, and physical photographs can all be digitalised for computer storage and processing: The museum is digitalising its entire archive.

The spelling with -ise is standard in British English, while Americans prefer digitalize or digitize.

convert

scan

Brief visual sweep

OCR · capture · archive · record · store · index · vectorize · bitmap · computerize · pixelate

automate

workflow

Sequential task progression

scripting · self-service · algorithm · robotics · paperless · streamline · ERP · CRM · backend · middleware

transform

modernize

Make contemporary

transition · shift · restructuring · reinvention · evolution · adaptation · change · e-government · e-commerce · online

infrastructure

cloud

Atmospheric water vapor mass

software · hardware · platform · system · bandwidth · cybersecurity · encryption · IT · computing · SaaS

Opposites
format conversion direction

digitaliseprint out

Produce physical document copy

print · analogise · materialize · materialise · physicalize

Family

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Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G