digitization
Converting to binary
Digitization is the process of converting information into digital format—transforming analog data like paper documents, photographs, audio recordings, or film into computer-readable files.
Libraries digitize archives for preservation and access.
Businesses digitize records to reduce paper storage.
The broader sense encompasses any shift toward digital technology: the digitization of healthcare, the digitization of the economy.
Maintaining something's condition
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
- documentsFormal written records
- recordsStored data or albums
repository · curation · historical · classification · indexing · conservation · collections · artifacts
Organized collection of information
- metadataDescriptive information about content
- databaseOrganized digital information collection
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- processingSystematic operation on data
retrieval · indexing · cloud · compression · normalization · validation · integrity · accessibility
Systematic visual examination
- encodingConverting data to format
- formattingStructuring visual presentation
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- reformattingChanging structure or layout
vectorization · rasterization · OCR · upscaling · compression · remastering · PDF · TIFF
Self-operating system design
- transformationThorough change in form
- paperlessUsing no printed materials
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
Diagram of correspondences
- GPSSatellite-based location technology
- cartographyCreating geographic representations
- GISSpatial data framework
- geocodingConverting places to coordinates
preservation
Maintaining something's condition
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
- documentsFormal written records
records · repository · curation · historical · classification · indexing · conservation · collections · artifacts · ephemera
dataset
Organized collection of information
- metadataDescriptive information about content
- databaseOrganized digital information collection
- storageSpace for keeping goods
processing · retrieval · indexing · cloud · compression · normalization · validation · integrity · accessibility · backup
scanning
Systematic visual examination
- encodingConverting data to format
- formattingStructuring visual presentation
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
reformatting · vectorization · rasterization · OCR · upscaling · compression · remastering · PDF · TIFF · capture
automation
Self-operating system design
- transformationThorough change in form
- paperlessUsing no printed materials
- efficiencyProductive without waste
streamlining · e-government · innovation · enterprise · integration
mapping
Diagram of correspondences
- GPSSatellite-based location technology
- cartographyCreating geographic representations
- GISSpatial data framework
geocoding · georeferencing · photogrammetry · cadastral · topographic
bit
Small amount or portion
sampling · quantization · encoding · bitstream · discrete · resolution · bit-depth
- cultural heritagefolklore, traditions, customs, folk music revival, museum collections
- OCROCR, character recognition, image to text, handwriting recognition, document scanning
- Digitalcomputerized, bit, byte, binary, pixel
- digital societysocial networks, internet, internet culture, online communities, connectivity
- conversionconverting, converts, data conversion, file conversion, format conversion
- Knowledge Historyprinting press, library, Alexandria, Gutenberg, encyclopedia
digitizationprinting
Reproducing text mechanically
materialization · 3D printing · fabrication · pressing · vinyl pressing
digitizationanalog
Comparable equivalent
physical media · hardcopy · analog storage · print · paper
digitizationdigital detox
Period avoiding electronic devices
Luddism · traditional methods · unplugging · back-to-basics · back to basics