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computer +‎ -ize

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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.

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