to computerize
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4.3
- verb
- /kəmˈpjuːtəˌraɪz/
- US
- They decided to computerize the patient records to streamline the healthcare process.
- a computerized system
- a computerized version
- a computerized test
Examples
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The company plans to computerize its inventory management system to improve efficiency.
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In order to keep up with modern trends, schools will computerize the curriculum and provide more digital resources.
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Their suggestions for additional items to computerize fell into two general categories.
Academic text (1999) -
Rather, a child received one paper test and one computerized test in each session.
Academic text (2012) -
Subjects were generally faster on the computerized versions than on the standard versions.
Academic text (1991) -
Each child was seated in front of a monitor for the computerized presentation.
Academic text (2012) -
For example, the securities industry is almost completely computerized, and much of the data is available almost continuously.
Academic text (1999) -
The production of Ephemerol is computerized.
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Training was delivered via a series of computerized training games (see Tasks section).
Academic text (2012) -
Congress decided that Delacroy Systems would have the national franchise for computerized voting in the coming presidential election.
Synonyms
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3.9
To change information, images, or records into a form a computer can read
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4.0
Make a process or job run by machines such as computers instead of people
2
5.6
Use machines to do work people used to do by hand
2
5.1
Change physical things like documents or photos into a digital form a computer can use
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7.4
To add modern technology to something so it uses new tools
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7.2
To make something work without people using machines or computers
To control a process or system using a computer
How Automated
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4.0
- US
46
4.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word computerize comes from computer, a machine that 'computes' or 'counts', and the ending -ize, which means 'to make or use'. So to computerize something is to make it work with computers or to use computers to run, control, or store information in a system.