computerize

English

Alternative forms

• computerise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

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.

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)
• Swedish: datorisera (sv)
• Turkish: enformatize etmek, bilgisayarlaştırmak
• Ukrainian: комп'ютеризува́ти impf or pf (kompʺjuteryzuváty)
• Walloon: éndjolijhî (wa)