Digitisation for Dummies

Hey there! So, "Digitisation" is a fancy word that basically means taking something that’s not digital, like a book or a piece of music, and turning it into a digital format. Let me break it down a bit more for you. When we digitize something, we’re converting it into a series of numbers that a computer can understand and store. It’s like taking a picture of a physical object, but instead of using a camera, we use a scanner or some other digital device.

So, imagine you have a really cool comic book that you want to keep safe from getting damaged or lost. By digitizing it, you can turn it into a digital file that you can store on your computer or a cloud service. This way, you can still read your comic book whenever you want, without worrying about it getting torn or lost.

Another example could be taking an old family photo and scanning it so that you can keep it safe and easily share it with friends and family online. That’s also digitization – preserving a physical object in a digital form.

In a broader sense, businesses and organizations also use digitization to make their processes more efficient. They convert their paper documents into digital files, making it easier to store, search, and access important information.

So, to sum it up, digitization is all about turning non-digital things into digital data that can be stored, shared, and accessed easily. It’s like taking something from the physical world and giving it a new life in the digital world.