digitoitu

Digitoitu is a Finnish adjective meaning digitized or converted into digital form. It is formed from the verb digitoida, which means to digitize, and is a loanword from English digitize. The adjective uses the past participle suffix -tu, indicating that the action has been completed. In standard Finnish, digitoitu functions like a regular adjective and agrees with the noun it modifies.

In usage, digitoitu describes materials that have been converted to digital formats—such as documents, images, audio or video files—and are stored in a digital system. It is commonly found in library, archival, government IT, and data-management contexts. The word can be used attributively, as in digitoitu arkisto (a digitized archive), or predicatively, as in arkkisto on digitoitu or dokumentit ovat digitoidut, depending on natural Finnish syntax.

Examples include: Kirjaston digitoitu arkisto sisältää miljoonia skannattuja asiakirjoja. Digitoitu kuvakanta mahdollistaa nopean haun. Hankkeessa digitoitu materiaali on siirretty pilvipalveluun.

Related terms include digitization and digitalization, which describe broader processes of converting information into digital form or integrating digital technologies into operations. In Finnish discourse, digitoitu typically appears alongside other IT and information-management terminology to denote that a specific item has undergone digitization.