Digitize

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  digitize \dig"i*tize\ (d[i^]j"[i^]*t[imac]z), v. t. [Digit +
     -ize.]
     1. To finger; as, to digitize a pen. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
  
     2. (Computers) To convert (information, a signal, an image)
        into a form expressible in numbers or in binary notation.


        The original signal before digitization is usually in
        {analog} form.
  
     Note: Digitization allows convenient storage, accurate
           reproduction, modification and other manipulations by
           digital computers.
           [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  digitize
       v : put into digital form, as for use in a computer; "he bought
           a device to digitize the data" [syn: {digitise}, {digitalize},
            {digitalise}]