Definition of Digitization

1. Noun. Conversion of analog information into digital information.

Exact synonyms: Digitisation
Generic synonyms: Conversion
Derivative terms: Digitise, Digitize

Definition of Digitization

1. Noun. The conversion of data or information from analog to digital or binary. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Digitization

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Digitization

digitigrade
digitigrade mammal
digitigrades
digitin
digitipartite
digitisation
digitisations
digitise
digitised
digitiser
digitisers
digitises
digitising
digitizability
digitizable
digitization (current term)
digitizations
digitize
digitized
digitized target
digitized targets
digitizer
digitizers
digitizes
digitizing
digitlike
digitonin
digitonin reaction
digitonins
digitorium

Literary usage of Digitization

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Strategies for Building Digitized Collections by Abby Smith (2001)
"Rationales for digitization Libraries usually identify two reasons for digitization: to preserve analog collections, and to extend the reach of those ..."

2. Electronic Access: Blueprint for the National Archives & Records Administration by Judi Moline, Steve Otto (1995)
"Discussion of the Extent to Which digitization of Documents Would Meet the Public's Informational Needs: It was very clear from the user study in Nebraska ..."

3. Information Superhighway: Issues Affecting Development by Kenneth M. Mead (1994)
"digitization makes telecommunications signals interchangeable, ... digitization translates voice, data, and video signals into the common language of ..."

4. Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Archival Materials for Electronic Access by Steven T. Puglia, Jeffrey Reed, Erin Rhodes (2005)
"may be allowed on the digital images. o digitization should be done in a ... If digitization is done to meet the recommended image parameters and all other ..."

5. Omaggio A Roma by Franco Lefevre, Irene Bignardi, Cesare Colombo, Italo Zannier (2005)
"... formed by digitization, can keep their original message indefinitely. The digital transmission of images is one of the great cultural options of the ..."

6. The Digital Library: A Biography by Daniel I. Greenstein, Suzanne Elizabeth Thorin, Digital Library Federation (2002)
"Harvard and NYU, while possessing digitization capacity, focus principally on providing systems environments and infrastructure capable of managing digital ..."

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