A device or piece of software that converts analog information (like written documents, images, or sound) into digital data.
From 'digitize' + '-er' (agent suffix). The term emerged in the 1970s-80s as scanning and input devices became essential tools for data conversion.
A graphics tablet digitizer lets artists draw on a special pen pad and watches their strokes 500 times per second to send perfect digital coordinates to the computer—it's like translating hand motion into mathematics!
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