Meanings
noundigitization (countable and uncountable, plural digitizations)
plural digitizations · alternative digitisation
- countableuncountablecomputingThe conversion of data or information from analog to digital or binary.
Synonyms: digitalization
- countableuncountablecomputingHence, the transformation of a process or system from mainly analogue form to digital form
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe conversion of data or information from analog to digital or binary.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*deyḱ-der.?
- Latindigitus
- Middle Englishdigit
- Englishdigit
- Englishdigitize
- Englishdigitization
Translations
Arabic رَقْمَنَة
- رَقْمَنَة (raqmana)conversion of data to digital
Bulgarian дигитализа́ция
- дигитализа́ция (digitalizácija)conversion of data to digital
Catalan digitalització
- digitalitzacióconversion of data to digital
Chinese Cantonese 數字化 /数字化
- 數字化 /数字化 (sou³ zi⁶ faa³)conversion of data to digital
Chinese Mandarin 數字化 /数字化, 電子化 /电子化
- 數字化 /数字化 (shùzìhuà)conversion of data to digital
- 電子化 /电子化 (diànzǐhuà)conversion of data to digital
Czech digitalizace
- digitalizaceconversion of data to digital
Danish digitalisering
- digitaliseringconversion of data to digital
Dutch digitalisering
- digitaliseringconversion of data to digital
Estonian digiteerimine
- digiteerimineconversion of data to digital
Finnish digitointi, digitalisointi
- digitointiconversion of data to digital
- digitalisointiconversion of data to digital
French numérisation
- numérisationconversion of data to digital
German Digitalisierung
- Digitalisierungconversion of data to digital
Greek ψηφιοποίηση
- ψηφιοποίηση (psifiopoíisi)conversion of data to digital
Hungarian digitalizálás
- digitalizálásconversion of data to digital
Italian digitalizzazione, numerizzazione
- digitalizzazioneconversion of data to digital
- numerizzazioneconversion of data to digital
Japanese デジタル化, 電子化
- デジタル化 (dejitaruka)conversion of data to digital
- 電子化 (denshika)conversion of data to digital
- 数値化 (sūchika)conversion of data to digital
Korean 디지털화, 수치화
- 디지털화 (dijiteolhwa)conversion of data to digital
- 수치화 (suchihwa)conversion of data to digital
- 전자화 (jeonjahwa)conversion of data to digital
Norwegian Bokmål digitalisering
- digitaliseringconversion of data to digital
Polish digitalizacja, dygitalizacja
- digitalizacjaconversion of data to digital
- dygitalizacjaconversion of data to digital
Portuguese digitalização
- digitalizaçãoconversion of data to digital
Romanian digitalizare
- digitalizareconversion of data to digital
Russian оцифро́вка, оцифро́вывание
- оцифро́вка (ocifróvka)conversion of data to digital
- оцифро́вывание (ocifróvyvanije)conversion of data to digital
- диджитализа́ция (didžitalizácija)conversion of data to digital
Slovak digitalizácia
- digitalizáciaconversion of data to digital
Spanish digitalización
- digitalizaciónconversion of data to digital
Swedish digitalisering
- digitaliseringconversion of data to digital
Turkish dijitalize etmek, dijitalleştimek
- dijitalize etmekconversion of data to digital
- dijitalleştimekconversion of data to digital
Ukrainian оцифро́вування, диджиталіза́ція
- оцифро́вування (ocyfróvuvannja)conversion of data to digital
- диджиталіза́ція (dydžytalizácija)conversion of data to digital
Vietnamese số hoá
- số hoáconversion of data to digital
Cite this entry
APA
digitization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digitization
MLA
“digitization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digitization. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “digitization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digitization.
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