by Dicky Sneed April 15, 2006
(Didg-it-ize) :verb: To convert from analogue format to digital format. Common digitizers include drawing tablets, and digital recorders (including digital cameras and camcorders as well as pure audio recorders and scanners.)
Since anything in the real world is analogue, digitizing refers to storing this data as binary numbers. Any method which records something and saves it onto a computer is a digitizing method.
There is no implication of altering the content within a digitizing process except where technology limits the recording. For example, a picture taken with a digital camera will not be of the same resolution as reality, but rather as close an approximation as the technology allows. Just as digitizing an old record will usually drop the very top and bottom ranges of the sound.
Digitizing is always a lossy conversion because an exact approximation is not possible with such a limited amount of space for the huge amount of data analogue methods hold. Once an item is digitized, it will never lose quality on re-recordings or play back because of the method of storage. With high-quality digitizers, the difference between the original analogue source and the digital recording is not percievable by human senses.
Since anything in the real world is analogue, digitizing refers to storing this data as binary numbers. Any method which records something and saves it onto a computer is a digitizing method.
There is no implication of altering the content within a digitizing process except where technology limits the recording. For example, a picture taken with a digital camera will not be of the same resolution as reality, but rather as close an approximation as the technology allows. Just as digitizing an old record will usually drop the very top and bottom ranges of the sound.
Digitizing is always a lossy conversion because an exact approximation is not possible with such a limited amount of space for the huge amount of data analogue methods hold. Once an item is digitized, it will never lose quality on re-recordings or play back because of the method of storage. With high-quality digitizers, the difference between the original analogue source and the digital recording is not percievable by human senses.
We've digitized our family photo album to preserve the images.
I digitized some old recordings I had on records so I could play them in my cd player.
An artist was digitizing simulated brush strokes interpreted by a computer program with a drawing tablet.
I digitized some old recordings I had on records so I could play them in my cd player.
An artist was digitizing simulated brush strokes interpreted by a computer program with a drawing tablet.
by Michael Hamilton June 27, 2005
by GuidoPosse69 January 28, 2005
by HLAUSF March 03, 2015
A metaphorical medium similar to DVD in which the recordings of potentially embarrassing actions are physically published, immortalizing their existence. Also used by the acronyms DDDF or D3F.
Inadvertently created by Garrett Hunter, member of internet sketch comedy group Mega64.
Inadvertently created by Garrett Hunter, member of internet sketch comedy group Mega64.
"Are you happy there's a video of you pissing about to be sent worldwide?"
"Yeah, well, I put it on YouTube anyway, so now it's on Digital Digital Digital Forever."
"Yeah, well, I put it on YouTube anyway, so now it's on Digital Digital Digital Forever."
by poopfeast420 November 15, 2012
An awesome german electronic music duo. Their sound varies from electronic rock ("Anything New", "I Want I Want") to electro house ("Zdarlight", "The Pulse"). Their newest release is a new EP called "Blitz", and they have a new album coming soon aswell.
by cheesieness November 08, 2010
Hey baby, why don't you let me get your digits
I saw you talking to that hottie, did you get her digits?
I saw you talking to that hottie, did you get her digits?
by Anonymous June 26, 2002