American spelling: to convert information, images, or sound into digital form that a computer can process and store.
From 'digit' (Latin digitus) + the American suffix '-ize.' Emerged in the 1960s-70s as computers became widespread and the need to convert analog information grew.
Your voice on a Zoom call has been digitized—broken into 44,100 samples per second—so your friend's phone can reassemble it back into something that sounds like you!
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