'digitize' definitions:

Definition of 'digitize'

From: WordNet
verb
Put into digital form, as for use in a computer; "he bought a device to digitize the data" [syn: digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise]

Definition of 'digitize'

From: GCIDE
  • digitize \dig"i*tize\ (d[i^]j"[i^]*t[imac]z), v. t. [Digit + -ize.]
  • 1. To finger; as, to digitize a pen. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
  • 2. (Computers) To convert (information, a signal, an image) into a form expressible in numbers or in binary notation. The original signal before digitization is usually in analog form.
  • Note: Digitization allows convenient storage, accurate reproduction, modification and other manipulations by digital computers. [PJC]