To arrange or organize something in the form of columns; to divide into columnar sections.
From column + -ize (verb-forming suffix meaning 'to make or become'). The -ize suffix comes from Greek and is used productively in English to create verbs from nouns and adjectives.
Computer scientists columnize data constantly without even thinking about it—every spreadsheet, every database, every table on a website is basically columnizing information into neat, searchable vertical categories. It's such a basic operation we forget how powerful it is.
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