computerize
verb
com·put·er·ize
kəm-ˈpyü-tə-ˌrīz 
-tər-ˌīz
computerized; computerizing
1
: to carry out, control, or produce by means of a computer
computerized music
2
: to equip with computers
computerize public schools
3
a
: to store in a computer
computerize data
b
: to put in a form that a computer can use
computerize paperwork
Examples of computerize in a Sentence
We plan to computerize our billing system.
The office is being computerized.
Libraries are computerizing their records.
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People are largely left to their own devices to navigate an opaque and inefficient system that is so archaic that some of it isn’t even computerized.
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Theunis Bates, theweek, 28 Aug. 2024
The destroyers have computerized Aegis weapons systems, which combine radar, sensors and missiles to defend against air and surface threats.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
This division was charged with computerizing editing, sound design and mixing, special effects, and accounting for the company’s books, as if this fourth challenge would be as difficult as the other three.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Aug. 2021
People are largely left to their own devices to navigate an opaque and inefficient system that is so archaic that some of it isn’t even computerized.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
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“Computerize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/computerize. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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computerize
verb
com·put·er·ize
kəm-ˈpyüt-ə-ˌrīz
computerized; computerizing
1
: to carry out, control, or produce through the use of a computer
2
: to provide with computers
3
a
: to store in a computer
b
: to put into a form that a computer can use
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