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Digitize vs Digitizer - What's the difference?

digitize | digitizer |

As a verb digitize

is to represent something (such as an image or sound) as a structured sequence of binary digits.

As a noun digitizer is

a device that digitizes.

digitize

English

(Digitizing)

Alternative forms

* digitise

Verb

(digitiz)
  • (computing) To represent something (such as an image or sound) as a structured sequence of binary digits
  • To quantize a continuous or analog value; to convert it into a discrete value
  • (obsolete) To finger.
    • to digitize a pen

    Synonyms

    * (represent in binary) digitalize

    Related terms

    * digitization * digitisation

    digitizer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device that digitizes.
  • * 1986 , Bryant W Rossiter, Roger C Baetzold, Investigations of Surfaces and Interfaces
    • An interesting development has been the analysis of the image of a pendent drop by a video digitizer .