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Digitalization vs Technology - What's the difference?

digitalization | technology |

As nouns the difference between digitalization and technology

is that digitalization is the act or process of converting from analog to digital while technology is the organization of knowledge for practical purposes.

digitalization

English

Alternative forms

* digitalisation

Noun

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  • The act or process of converting from analog to digital
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 20, author=Douglas Martin, title=Joybubbles, 58, Peter Pan of Phone Hackers, Dies, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=Well before the mid-1970s, when digitalization ended the tone-based system, Joybubbles had stopped stealing calls. }}

    technology

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia technology)
  • (uncountable) The organization of knowledge for practical purposes.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author= Chico Harlan
  • , volume=189, issue=2, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Japan pockets the subsidy … , passage=Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."}}
  • All the different and usable technologies developed by a culture or people.
  • Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "technology": assistive, automotive, biological, chemical, domestic, educational, environmental, geospatial, industrial, instructional, medical, microbial, military, nuclear, visual, advanced, sophisticated, high, modern, outdated, obsolete, simple, complex, medieval, ancient, safe, secure, effective, efficient, mechanical, electrical, electronic, emerging, alternative, appropriate, clean, disruptive.

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