digitizer

American  

[dij-i-tahyz-er] / ˈdɪdʒ ɪˌtaɪz ər /

noun

digitizers plural

1. Computers. a device that converts analog data into a digital format, such as a tablet which allows the user to input hand-drawn images or handwritten text to be converted to digital format.

2. Computers. touchscreen.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• digitizers
  plural

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digitizer digitizers

The digitizer for stylus input has been split in two, and an algorithm determines location when the S Pen is between them.

From The Verge ● Aug. 11, 2021

Since the cylinder player and digitizer went on the market a few years ago, Levin has sold nine of them — at about $20,000 a pop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2020

With both screens active, the Taichi accepts inputs via the touch screen, digitizer pen, touch pad, and keyboard simultaneously.

From Forbes ● Feb. 14, 2013

So the reels went back to the digitizer with orders to try again.

From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2011

Hearn often used them in this book; they do not represent omissions by the digitizer.

From Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Hearn, Lafcadio

The other new layer on this screen is made up of a couple of Wacom digitizers so you can use a new kind of Samsung S Pen stylus with it.

From The Verge ● Aug. 24, 2021

Instead, there are two separate digitizers on each side of the phone.

From The Verge ● Aug. 11, 2021