digitize
verb
dig·i·tize
ˈdi-jə-ˌtīz 
digitized; digitizing
: to convert (something, such as data or an image) to digital form
Examples of digitize in a Sentence
The record company digitized the songs and made them available on the Internet.
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Our real estate data comes from public records that have been registered and digitized by local county offices.
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Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
Mobile Applications Mobile apps allow customers to initiate and track returns, helping with loyalty and digitizing the workflow.
—Brett Beveridge, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
OpenAI, which is also fighting a string of copyright lawsuits, donated $50 million this year to a group of research institutions including Oxford University’s 400-year-old Bodleian Library, which is digitizing rare texts and using AI to help transcribe them.
—Matt O'Brien, Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2025
Medical records are now almost always digitized, permitting doctors’ notes, medical imaging, laboratory tests, insurance claims, and more to be linked (in theory) across doctors’ offices, hospitals, nursing homes, and any other place people receive care.
—Christopher M. Worsham, Time, 9 June 2025
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Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
Mobile Applications Mobile apps allow customers to initiate and track returns, helping with loyalty and digitizing the workflow.
—Brett Beveridge, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
OpenAI, which is also fighting a string of copyright lawsuits, donated $50 million this year to a group of research institutions including Oxford University’s 400-year-old Bodleian Library, which is digitizing rare texts and using AI to help transcribe them.
—Matt O'Brien, Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2025
Medical records are now almost always digitized, permitting doctors’ notes, medical imaging, laboratory tests, insurance claims, and more to be linked (in theory) across doctors’ offices, hospitals, nursing homes, and any other place people receive care.
—Christopher M. Worsham, Time, 9 June 2025
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“Digitize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/digitize. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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digitize
verb
dig·i·tize
ˈdij-ə-ˌtīz
digitized; digitizing
: to change (as data or an image) to digital form
digitizer
noun
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