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Converting information into digital form

Digitization is the process of converting information into a digital format, i.e., a format that can be read by computers. The result is the representation of an object, image, sound, document, or signal obtained by generating a series of numbers that describe a discrete set of points or samples. The result of this conversion is called digital representation or, more specifically, a digital image for the object and digital form for the signal. In contemporary practice, the digitized data is expressed as binary numbers, thereby enabling processing by digital computers and other operations. However, the fundamental process of digitizing entails "the conversion of analog source material into a numerical format"; the decimal or any other number system can be used instead. Wikipedia →

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📖 Definitions

Noun The conversion of data or information from analog to digital or binary.

Noun Hence, the transformation of a process or system from mainly analogue form to digital form

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. Process
  2. Examples
  3. History
  4. Analog signals to digital
  5. Analog texts to digital
  6. Library preservation
  7. Digitization versus digital preservation
  8. Digital reformatting
  9. Audio digitization and reformatting
  10. Challenges
  11. Solutions
  12. Digitizing marginalized voices

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