to use computers to control an operation, system, process etc:
• They computerized the accounts department back in 1985.
• a computerized database
— computerization also computerisation noun [uncountable] :
• The company has completed the computerization of specific things such as the alarm system.
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computerize UK US (UK also computerise) /kəmˈpjuːtəraɪz/ verb [T] IT
► to record, store, and use information on a computer instead of using paper documents: »
Hospitals are being urged to cut costs by computerizing their medical records.
► to use computers to operate a factory, business, job, etc.: »
Over ninety percent of the firms have computerized their accounting systems and manufacturing processes.
computerization (UK also computerisation) /kəmˌpjuːtəraɪˈzeɪʃən/ US /-ṱɚ-/ noun [U]
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a study examining the effect of computerization on productivity
computerized (UK also computerised) adjective
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computerized records
»a computerized voting process
Financial and business terms. 2012.