computerize

English

Alternative forms

• computerise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

From computer +‎ -ize.

Verb

computerize (third-person singular simple present computerizes, present participle computerizing, simple past and past participle computerized)

1. (transitive, computing) To convert a manual function or system into a computer system.
2. (transitive, computing) To equip with a computer or a computer system.
3. (transitive, computing) To enter data into such a system.
4. (intransitive) To become computerlike.
   • 2001, David Mitchell, chapter 1, in number9dream, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:

     I wonder how human she is. These are the days when computers humanize and humans computerize.

Derived terms

• computerizability
• computerizable
• computerizer

Related terms

• computerization
• computerized

Translations

equip with a computer or a computer system

Belarusian: камп'ютарызава́ць impf or pf (kampʺjutaryzavácʹ) Catalan: informatitzar (ca) Finnish: tietokoneistaa French: informatiser (fr) Hungarian: számítógépesít Irish: ríomhairigh Italian: informatizzare (it) Polish: komputeryzować (pl) impf, skomputeryzować (pl) pf Portuguese: informatizar (pt) Russian: компьютеризи́ровать (ru) impf (kompʹjuterizírovatʹ) Spanish: informatizar (es), computarizar (es), computadorizar (es) Swedish: datorisera (sv) Turkish: enformatize etmek, bilgisayarlaştırmak Ukrainian: комп'ютеризува́ти impf or pf (kompʺjuteryzuváty) Walloon: éndjolijhî (wa)