Library / English Dictionary

COMPUTERIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Control a function, process, or creation by a computer

Example:

cybernate a factory

Synonyms:

computerise; computerize; cybernate

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "computerize" is one way to...):

put to work; work (cause to work)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

computer (a machine for performing calculations automatically)

computerization (the control of processes by computer)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Store in a computer

Example:

computerized dictionary

Synonyms:

computerise; computerize

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "computerize" is one way to...):

hive away; lay in; put in; salt away; stack away; stash away; store (keep or lay aside for future use)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

computer (a machine for performing calculations automatically)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Provide with computers

Example:

Our office is fully computerized now

Synonyms:

computerise; computerize

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "computerize" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

computer (a machine for performing calculations automatically)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The position of the atoms can be reconstructed using computerized analysis of the diffraction pattern.

(Atomic Resolution X-Ray Crystallography, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called CAT scan, computerized axial tomography scan, computerized tomography, and CT scan.

(Computed tomography scan, NCI Dictionary)

Also called CAT scan, computed tomography scan, computerized axial tomography scan, and CT scan.

(Computerized tomography, NCI Dictionary)

Also called CAT scan, computed tomography scan, computerized axial tomography scan, and computerized tomography.

(CT scan, NCI Dictionary)

The questions can be administered in short forms or adaptively through computerized adaptive testing and reports can be generated to allow clinicians to better understand how treatments might affect the quality of life of their patients.

(Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System, NCI Thesaurus)

A procedure in which a small amount of radioactive glucose (sugar) is injected into a vein, and a scanner is used to make detailed, computerized pictures of areas inside the body where the glucose is taken up.

(PET scan, NCI Dictionary)

Computerized compilations of information units (text, sound, graphics, and/or video) interconnected by logical nonlinear linkages that enable users to follow optimal paths through the material and also the systems used to create and display this information.

(Hypermedia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)