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computerization

noun

as in automation

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Recent Examples of computerization In each case of transformation—the Industrial Revolution, electrification, computerization—the economy didn’t just survive the disruption. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 May 2026 For Duran, this rising tech authoritarianism wasn’t a passing political fad but the culmination of shifts in wealth distribution, political power, and the computerization of society that had been decades in the making. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025 Autonomous vehicles are becoming smarter because they are being powered by computerization and artificial intelligence. — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2021
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  1. automation
  2. mechanization
Noun
  • In my experience, automation becomes commercially viable not when failures disappear, but when the system is built to handle them without flinching.
    — Shivansh Inamdar, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • But Missy Cummings, the director of George Mason University’s robotics and automation center, thinks the test is likely a strategy to warm locals and lawmakers up to the fully driverless design.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of automation
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  • Financial Times reporter O’Connor explores how mechanization and AI have transformed the workforce.
    — Mary Lawrence Ware, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • In the Dash film and across the Prada show, Cao boldly addresses a critical quandary (one that is underlined by her pairing of romantic and pastoral imagery with posters that once promoted Mao- and Reform-era agricultural mechanization initiatives).
    — Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of mechanization

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“Computerization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/computerization. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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