Dictionary definition of “informationalization”

informationalization

n. the computerization of business, industry, and military. Subjects: English, Business, Technology, Jargon

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.

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Citations: 1975 Annual Review of Information Science & Technology (Dec. 1) p. 5: It is our conclusion that Japan has to change its goal from industrialization to informationalization….We propose that the final national goal be a new information society. 1978 Richard Rice Journal of Economic History (Dec.) “Essays on the Service Industry and Social Security in Japan” p. 988: It is not clear why expansion of total tertiary employment is “unhealthy” (P. 63) while increasing employment in “informationalization” (knowledge industries) is “healthy.” 1987 Japan Economic Newswire (Nov. 16) “ Takeshita Urges U.S. Efforts To Reduce Budget Deficit” (in Tokyo): The theme of the three-day annual meeting, the 19th of its kind, is “New Developments In United States-Japan Relations—Internationalization, Informationalization And The Role Of Cities.” 1995 Daily Yomiuri Shimbun (Mar. 31) “Era of one PC per worker certain to come” p. 9: Since the late 1980s when the word “informationalization” became a popular buzzword, many companies have adopted the local area network (LAN) system that connects PCs. “Employees of all departments, such as manufacturing and sales, can access common information and a company as a whole can tackle product development.” 2006 William Moss CNET Asia: Little Red Blog (Sept. 18) “The curse of ‘informatization’”: “Informationalization” or “informatization” (there is no consensus on this) refers to the modernization of China’s IT infrastructure, which is part of the National Agenda.…Upgrading China’s IT infrastructure is a key part of upgrading the Mainland’s industry to be globally competitive and promoting Domestic Innovation.…Therefore, all our clients are talking about “informationalization,” and they have been since I arrived and probably long before.

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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.

by Marco 10 Jul 08, 0557 GMT