Computerized

/kəmˈpjuːtəraɪzd/ adjective

Definition

Changed to use computers or run by computer systems instead of manual methods.

Etymology

From 'computer,' from Latin 'computare' (to calculate). Computerize emerged in the 1950s. The '-ized' suffix indicates transformation or conversion into a new system.

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Computerized systems have made life faster but also made us dependent on fragile networks—the 2024 CrowdStrike outage showed how a single computer update can halt airlines, hospitals, and banks worldwide!

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