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

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

From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2011

The comparison with the iPad is a little trickier; iPad can’t do everything that Courier could do, because iPad has no digitizer.

From Forbes ● Nov. 3, 2011

The photographic camera-drawing with light on film-the electronic camera, the television camera, the scanner, and the digitizer are, effectively, means for drawing and for processing the image in full control of all its components.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin

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