Computerizes

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To change traditional methods into automated systems via computing To incorporate technology that allows for digital processing in various activities To shift operations from manual to digital formats, enhancing workflow efficiency
2. Implements digital systems to replace manual methods in tasks or activities
3. Introduces computing technology to transform how operations are managed and executed

Etymology: Computerize is a modern formation: "computer" plus the suffix "-ize", which the source traces through Greek "-ízein", Late Latin "-izare", Middle French "-iser" and Middle English "-isen" before it reached English. The verb is simply the process of adding "-ize" to the noun, so the suffix does the work of turning a thing into an action, here turning a task or system into one run by machines. The noun "computer" has its own older history. It came into English from the Latin "computare", meaning to reckon or count together, which is built from "com-" (together) and "putare" (to think or reckon). For centuries a computer was a person who did calculations, and the machines that eventually took over that job inherited the name. Because the verb is a straightforward derivation, its meaning follows the noun closely: to computerize something is to convert it so that a computer handles it, whether that means records, accounts, or a whole workflow.

Synonyms: digitizes, automates, systematizes, programs, moderns

Antonyms: manualizes, decomputerizes, deregulates, unautomates, simplifies