digitalization

[ dij-i-tl-uh-zey-shuhn ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

1. (in the treatment of heart disease) the administration of digitalis, usually in a regimen, to produce a desired physiological effect.
2. the effect produced.

Word History and Origins

Origin of digitalization¹

First recorded in 1880–85; digitalize + -ation

Example Sentences

This year, small businesses will continue their path to digitalization and invest in building and maintaining an online presence.

From Search Engine Watch

In the age of digitalization, this doesn’t work, as customers want things immediately.

From MIT Technology Review

The cost pressures that arrived with the pandemic, along with an increased need to deliver returns on investment, have led to an acceleration of digitalization as a key enabler for the future.

From MIT Technology Review

These lower levels of investment were previously attributed to the slow rate of technology adoption and digitalization within the real estate industry, but this is no longer the case.

From TechCrunch

Kearney’s Resilience Stress Test assesses supply chain resilience across eight dimensions that span a company’s own processes as well as those of suppliers and partners—measuring the degree of critical digitalization in each.

From MIT Technology Review

The other answer you hear is that the digitalization of the world has made a difference.

From The Daily Beast

One thread of the new book concerns the effect of digitalization on creative artistry.

From The Daily Beast