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informationalization

informationalization n. the computerization of business, industry, and military. Editorial Note: This word appears to be most common in East Asian countries where English is a language of business but not of the home. Etymological Note: Probably directly related to the term informatics, the science of gathering, storing, organizing, and using information. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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  • informatization brings up 286,000 hits on google. The PWN dictionary of Polish defines informatyzacja as
    the use of modern methods of information processing in the economy and in technology or engineering.
    Polish wikipedia defines informatyzacja as the rational use of
    existing data in IT systems to the greatest possible extent by other information systems.

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