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anonymize
[ uh-non-uh-mahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to block or eliminate identifying information from (test results, data, authorship, etc.), especially for purposes of statistical analysis, product appraisal, or personal privacy; to make anonymous:
anonymizing cancer patients’ medical histories for our research files; software that helps you anonymize your online activity.
anonymize
/ əˈnɒnɪˌmaɪz /
verb
- tr to carry out or organize in such a way as to preserve anonymity
anonymized AIDS screening
Other Words From
- a·non·y·mi·za·tion noun
- a·non·y·miz·er noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of anonymize1
Example Sentences
The give-to-get model asks brands to contribute permissioned first-party data, which the cooperative anonymizes and aggregates, architecting and maintaining a collective analytic powerhouse that benefits all members.
Those signals are then anonymized into segments across iOS and Android devices for the likes of Subway to buy.
In their paper, the authors suggest that burying this signal—anonymizing the donation—is another way to signal the same thing, but in a way that’s harder to fake, or more difficult for receivers to find dishonest.
Personal data, for instance, would need to be anonymized before companies were granted access.
So basically the, what they say is the data is anonymized to the point that you don’t know where the data is coming from.
We all had the same basic ParanoidXbox install, so we could all anonymize our pictures.
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