computerize

computerize
/keuhm pyooh"teuh ruyz'/, v., computerized, computerizing.
v.t.
1. to control, perform, process, or store (a system, operation, or information) by means of or in an electronic computer or computers.
2. to equip with or automate by computers: to computerize a business.
v.i.
3. to make use of computers: The entire industry is expected to computerize by the end of the year.
Also, esp. Brit., computerise.
[1955-60; COMPUTER + -IZE]

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