digitalization

digitalization

English

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Etymology

From digitalize +‎ -ation or digital +‎ -ization.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌdɪdʒɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/

Noun

digitalization (countable and uncountable, plural digitalizations)

  1. Synonym of digitization.
    • 2007 August 20, Douglas Martin, “Joybubbles, 58, Peter Pan of Phone Hackers, Dies”, in The New York Times[1], archived from the original on 11 November 2020:
      Well before the mid-1970s, when digitalization ended the tone-based system, Joybubbles had stopped stealing calls.

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