Definitions of digitizer on the Web:
A device that consists of a table and a cursor with crosshairs and keys used to digitize geographic features. 2. Title of the person who uses a digitizing device.
www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/staff/m.blake/magis/glossary/esriglos.htm
A device with a movable arm that can take an image and break it up into small parts, which the computer translates into bits. directory
techref.massmind.org/techref/glossary.htm
A computer peripheral device that converts an analogue electrical signal in the form of images or sound into a digital signal for use by a computer.
www.cybernet1.com/hcs/glossary.htm
A computer component utilizing an Analog to Digital converter, which is used to take video images and convert them into digital format for use on a computer.
www.universal-imaging.com/products/glossary.cfm
A table or tablet which has the capability of digitally recording the relative position of a cursor which is moved over the area or line that you want to digitize or record.
www.agriculture.purdue.edu/ssmc/Frames/newglossery.htm
device for converting analogue signals into digital signals
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
In telecommunication and computing, the term digitizer has the following meanings: # A device that converts an analog signal into a digital representation of the analog signal. #* Note: A digitizer usually samples the analog signal at a constant sampling rate and encodes each sample into a numeric representation of the amplitude value of the sample. # A device that converts the position of a point on a surface into digital coordinate data.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitizer
