digitization

American  

[dij-it-ahyz-ay-shuhn] / ˌdɪdʒ ɪtˌaɪzˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

1. the conversion or adaptation of something, such as data, an analog display, an activity, or a process, to a digital form or environment.

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Example Sentences

In this productivity paradox, all that spending on shiny new computers and the digitization of work processes didn’t seem to make companies any more efficient or effective.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the 1960s it pioneered “machine-readable cataloging,” or MARC, launching the digitization of library catalogs and a nationwide automated library network.

From The Wall Street Journal

QUESTION: Why was this digitization project so important?

From Seattle Times

I stood off to one side to examine the projections and lost the resolute brush strokes and tiny gradients of color in the fuzziness of the digitization.

From New York Times

“There will be a short-term headwind when interest rates start coming up, but the general trend towards digitization will help the company in the long term,” co-founder and head Nima Ghamsari said in an interview.

From Reuters