digitization

noun

dig·​i·​ti·​za·​tion ˌdi-jə-tə-ˈzā-shən 

: the process of converting something to digital form (see digital sense 2)

After two years of cataloging and digitization, the material will take its place in Tulsa alongside a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence …

—Ben Sisario

The role of libraries has shifted significantly with the digitization of the printed word and the advent of the internet.

—Andrew J. Yawn

Examples of digitization in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Beside checking in on the process of digitization, the other topic of discussion in this week's hearing was the remodeling its of the Library's main reading room. —Andrew Limbong, NPR, 9 May 2025

Another byproduct of the broader move toward remote work is the transition toward an even greater digitization of physical paperwork. —Vidya Plainfield, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025

Infrastructure investment in telecommunications, including fiber-optic cables, enabled that shift to digitization. —Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 12 Mar. 2025

The effects of technology and digitization on labor have also created problems for productivity metrics. —Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for digitization

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration