digitalization

English

Alternative forms

• digitalisation

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], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, 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.

Translations

digitization — see digitization