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computerized, ppl. a. (Formerly at computerize v. Quots 19602, 1963 moved from computerize v.)|kəmˈpjuːtəraɪzd|
[f. computer n. + -ize + -ed1.]
1. Performed or carried out by, or with the assistance of, a computer.
1960Times 4 Aug. 13/5 The initial paperwork for each computerized job is therefore often formidable. 1963Publishers' Weekly 5 Aug. 83/1 (caption) Computerized typesetting via communications satellite. 1966Lancet 24 Dec. 1409/2 They were suspicious that the evaluator might produce..some computerised prestidigitation. 1987A. Fiechter et al. in Rose & Harrison Yeasts (ed. 2) II. v. 126 Currently, major efforts are being made to develop suitable hardware and software for computerized process control.
2. Adapted or designed for computer operation; spec. machine-readable.
1962Sunday News (N. Y.) 15 Apr. 69/3 The command..consists of four computerized ‘words’. 1964New Statesman 6 Mar. 373/1 This chosen-brethren approach..looks pretty antisocial on a giant computerised organisation that seems to have bought up half England. 1971M. Spark Not to Disturb iii. 82 We're all computerised these days, Reverend. The personal touch is gone. We simply programme the meals. 1977Time 21 Nov. 78/1 Near by, cashiers match bingo winners against a computerized list of more than 4,000 cards. 1985P. Laurie Databases ii. 40 The first advantage to a computerized database over a paper system is that you can ask it far more varied questions. 1988Lit. & Linguistic Computing III. 94/1 It is this text that is presupposed, or, rather, the computerised version of it as it is distributed by the NAVF computer center for the humanities in Bergen.
3. Incorporating or making use of a computer or computers.
1964Science 29 May 1113 The Systems Development Corporation (SDC) was ‘spun off’ by RAND in 1956 to help specifically with design and programming for the first computerized air defense system. 1976C. Bonnington Everest Hard Way v. 63 Keith..owns one of those tiny computerised watches, on which, if you press the right button the time and date lights up in red lettering. 1985G. Paley Later Same Day 95 It soon became the people's knowledge, outwitting the computerized devices.
4. Produced by, or with the assistance of, a computer; computer-generated.
1969J. Reichardt Cybernetic Serendipity 54 (title) Computerized Japanese haiku. 1979Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 5a/3 The Pallottines' local mission office had mailed out 1.6 million computerized letters, greeting cards and ‘sweepstakes’ flyers. 1984‘Tiresias’ Notes from Overground 154 All we have to show is a computerised payslip.., a tupperware sandwich-box. 1989Brit. Med. Jrnl. 10 June 1563/1 A random sample of 1824 principals in general practice was selected by using a computerised list from a mailing company.
5. Special collocation: computerized (axial) tomography = CAT n.5
1973Brit. Jrnl. Radiol. XLVI. 148/1 Computerized transverse axial tomography is a new approach to the use of diagnostic X rays. 1973Surg. Neurol. I. 217 (heading) Computerized axial tomography of the heads. 1984A. Smith Mind iv. xiv. 277 Computerized axial tomography (CT scanning) has revolutionized investigation of brain tumour suspects. 1991New Scientist 9 Feb. 27/1 Neuroscientists say computerised catalogues would provide ‘a common language’ for new specialties emerging from neuroscience, especially imaging techniques such as..computerised tomography (CT). |