digitization

noun

dig·​i·​ti·​za·​tion ˌdi-jə-tə-ˈzā-shən 

: the process of converting something to digital form (see digital sense 2)

After two years of cataloging and digitization, the material will take its place in Tulsa alongside a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence …

—Ben Sisario

The role of libraries has shifted significantly with the digitization of the printed word and the advent of the internet.

—Andrew J. Yawn

Examples of digitization in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The strategic hire appears to have been designed to replicate Google's legally successful book digitization approach—the same scanning operation that survived copyright challenges and established key fair use precedents. —ArsTechnica, 25 June 2025

Domestic factories are already embracing automation and digitization. —Kristen Waggoner, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025

The CISOs of today are becoming key strategic executives amid rapid digitization. —Michelle Drolet, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025

The organization will help fund new ideas in smart home technologies, energy efficiency, digitization, safety and more. —Jennifer Bradley Franklin, USA Today, 28 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for digitization

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration