computerize
to equip with or automate by computers: If you haven't already, now is a great time to computerize your business.
to control, perform, produce, process, or store by means of or in a computer or computers: I know I have a few chapters written in a notebook, but I never computerized them.
to start making use of computers: The entire industry is expected to computerize by the end of the year.
Origin of computerize
1- Also especially British, com·put·er·ise .
Other words from computerize
- com·put·er·iz·a·ble [kuhm-pyoo-tuh-rahy-zuh-buhl], /kəmˌpyu təˈraɪ zə bəl/, adjective
- com·put·er·i·za·tion [kuhm-pyoo-tuh-ruh-zey-shuhn] /kəmˌpyu tə rəˈzeɪ ʃən/ noun
- com·put·er·ized, adjective
- un·com·put·er·ized, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use computerize in a sentence
In a computerized society, the pace of technological innovation helps shape nearly all our day-to-day habits.
Sure, boy-band songs all sort of sound the same: adrenalized tempos, computerized harmonies, exuberant choruses.
Why Grown-Ups Should Give One Direction a Chance | Andrew Romano | November 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThis computerized assassin is given a task and goes to complete it no matter what.
Terminator, Wall-E & More of the Best Robots in Film (Video) | Victoria Kezra | July 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTComputerized trading programs react to trends in the market and then amplify those trends.
Let’s All Please Stop Overreacting to Bernanke’s Remarks | Daniel Gross | June 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTYour favorite computerized alien backup dancers return in this digitized dance track.
No Pressure, Psy. One-Hit Wonders’ Followup Misses (Videos) | Ben Teitelbaum, Alex Chancey, Nick Mellace, Holly Bernal | April 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
A computerized referral service to substance abuse literature and prevention programs will begin operating in 1987.
What Works: Schools Without Drugs | United States Department of Education
British Dictionary definitions for computerize
computerise
/ (kəmˈpjuːtəˌraɪz) /
(tr) to cause (certain operations) to be performed by a computer, esp as a replacement for human labour
(intr) to install a computer
(tr) to control or perform (operations within a system) by means of a computer
(tr) to process or store (information) by means of or in a computer
Derived forms of computerize
- computerization or computerisation, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse