Digital - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Digital :  adj
1: of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits; "digital computer" [ant: analogue]
2: displaying numbers rather than scale positions; "digital clock"; "digital readout"
3: relating to or performed with the fingers; "digital examination"

Based on WordNet 2.0

Digital : \Dig"i*tal\, a. [L. digitals.] Of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Digital : 

Common abbreviation for Digital Equipment Corporation.

(1995-12-18)



Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:

Digital : 

A description of data which is stored or transmitted as a sequence of discrete symbols from a finite set, most commonly this means binary data represented using electronic or electromagnetic signals.

The opposite is analogue.

(1998-10-28)



Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:

Example Usage of Digital

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