digitalizes

Converts to data

Digitalizes means converts to digital form.

Analog recordings, paper documents, and physical images can all be digitalized—transformed into data that computers can store and process.

The library is digitalizing its archive of historical photographs.

The spelling digitizes is more common in American English.

transformation

conversion

Act of changing states

scanningSystematic visual examination
encodingConverting data to format
processingSystematic operation on data

transcribing · reformatting · inputting · uploading · migration · automation · streamlining · paperless · systematizing · compressing

modernization

innovation

Creating something original

advancementForward movement or promotion
efficiencyProductive without waste
connectivityState of being linked

e-commerce · mobility · telecommuting · scalability · virtualization · globalization · automation · contemporary · cutting-edge · progress

preservation

archiving

Storing for long-term keeping

backupStored duplicate for recovery
storageSpace for keeping goods
repositoryPlace for storing things

cataloging · indexing · metadata · e-library · conservation · retention · database · server · retrieval · access

Opposites

format conversion direction

digitalizesprints out

Produces physical document

prints · materializes · analogizes · outputs · manufactures

technological approach

digitalizeshandwrites

Produces text by pen

typewriters · films

Family

digitalize, digitalized, digitalization, digitalizing

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G