Meanings
present singular third person datafies · participle present datafying · participle past datafied · past datafied
- transitiveTo put into data format.
It's impossible to datafy complex human emotions like anger, love, and sympathy.
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Once again, the company did not ask for permission. It simply repeated the “original sin of simple robbery” and took what it wanted, waiting for resistance to run its course as it devoured and datafied the world's public spaces, streets, buildings, and homes.
2018, Shoshana Zuboff, chapter 5, in The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 數據化 /数据化
- 數據化 /数据化 (shùjùhuà)to put into data format
Polish przekształcać w dane, przekształcić w dane
- przekształcać w daneto put into data format
- przekształcić w daneto put into data format
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datafy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/datafy
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