datafy

English

Etymology

data +‎ -fy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪtəfaɪ/, /ˈdɑːtəfaɪ/

Verb

datafy (third-person singular simple present datafies, present participle datafying, simple past and past participle datafied)

1. (transitive) To put into data format.

   It's impossible to datafy complex human emotions like anger, love, and sympathy.

   • 2018, Shoshana Zuboff, chapter 5, in The Age of Surveillance Capitalism:

     Once again, the company did not ask for permission. It simply repeated the “original sin of simple robbery” and took what it wanted, waiting for resistance to run its course as it devoured and datafied the world's public spaces, streets, buildings, and homes.

Derived terms

• datafiable
• datafication
• datafier

Translations

to put into data format

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 數據化／数据化 (shùjùhuà)

See also

• digitize

Anagrams

• fat day