To convert a system or process to work using computers, or to equip something with a computer and computer technology.
From 'computer' (a device for calculating) plus the suffix '-ize' (from Latin '-izare' meaning to make or cause to become). The verb emerged in the 1960s as computers moved from laboratories into practical applications.
When factories 'computerized,' they didn't just speed up—they fundamentally changed how humans relate to work. The computer became the first technology where the human had to learn the machine's logic rather than the machine adapting to human intuition.
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