computerize

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com·put·er·ize (also computerise British English) /kəmˈpjuːtəraɪz/ verb [transitive] TDto use a computer to control the way something is done, to store information etc 用计算机做，使计算机化 a scheme to computerize the library service 使图书馆服务计算机化的方案 a computerized system for compiling the weekly charts of record sales 编制每周唱片销售榜的计算机化系统 computerized information 计算机储存的信息 a computerized database 计算机化的数据库 —computerization /kəmˌpjuːtəraɪˈzeɪʃən $ -rə-/ noun [uncountable] the computerization of the printing industry 印刷行业的计算机化→ See Verb table

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computerize• Indexes to families, genera and species - some are now computerized.• Why do experts estimate 90 million adults in our computerized age have trouble reading and writing?• They've computerized all the church records.• I would like to learn more about the whole new world of computerized art, not only for music but for graphics.• About 3000 stocks were traded during two computerized auctions.• The Ottawa-based maker of computerized communications equipment cashed in on optimistic prospects for the Internet, the global computer network.• The computerized equipment seemed to click, hum, and whir: efficiency augmented by an army of experts.• A simple computerized library book checkout system has catapulted the number of checked-out books each day to 600.• Scientists can now create computerized models of the cosmos.• Heat-sensitive photographs taken from satellites, every kind of radar, computerized projections made from the slightest evidence.computerized database• Researchers compared those estimates with the actual waiting times taken from a computerized database.• The notation is basically numerical and non-expressive, the latter aspect being felt to limit the scheme's usefulness in computerized databases.• Instances of religious content were entered into a computerized database and categorized.From Longman Business Dictionarycomputerizecom‧put‧er‧ize /kəmˈpjuːtəraɪz/ (also computerise British English) verb [transitive]COMPUTING to use computers to control an operation, system, process etcThey computerized the accounts department back in 1985.a computerized database —computerization (also computerisation British English) noun [uncountable]The company has completed the computerization of specific things such as the alarm system.→ See Verb table