Etymology

digitization

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Today it means: The conversion of data or information from analog to digital or binary. Full definition →

English digitize ← Middle English digit ← Latin digitus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*deyḱ-der.?
  2. Latindigitus
  3. Middle Englishdigit
  4. Englishdigit
  5. Englishdigitize
  6. English todaydigitization

From digitize + -ation.

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