What does digital mean?

Definitions for digital
ˈdɪdʒ ɪ tldig·i·tal

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. digitaladjective

    displaying numbers rather than scale positions

    "digital clock"; "digital readout"

  2. digitaladjective

    relating to or performed with the fingers

    "digital examination"

  3. digitaladjective

    of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits

    "digital computer"

GCIDE

  1. digitaladjective

    of or pertaining to digits; expressed in digits, or using digits; as, a digital display; a digital clock.

  2. digitaladjective

    (Computers) performing internal logical and arithmetic operations by means of digits, usually represented as binary numbers. Contrasted to analog, wherein variables are represented as coninuous physical quantities such as voltages or the position of a pointer on a continuous scale; as, a digital computer.

Wiktionary

  1. digitaladjective

    Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); performed with a finger.

  2. digitaladjective

    Property of representing values as discrete numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.

  3. digitaladjective

    Of or relating to computers or the Computer Age.

  4. Etymology: From digitalis, from digitus + -alis '-al'

Wikipedia

  1. Digital

    Digital is a song by English musician Goldie featuring American rapper KRS-One, released as the first single from Goldie's 1998 album Saturnz Return. It reached number 13 on the UK Singles Chart on 1 November 1997 which is his highest-charting single along with "Temper Temper" (featuring Noel Gallagher). The single is influenced by then-emerging speed garage and one of the first attempts to blend drum and bass with rap. It samples "This Cut's Got Flavor" by Latee and "I'm Still #1" by Boogie Down Productions and was itself sampled in "Answers" by Lootpack featuring Quasimoto and "Sound of the Culture" by DJ Munja. "Digital" received mixed reviews from music critics even those favourable of album like Ryan Schreiber from Pitchfork.

ChatGPT

  1. digital

    Digital refers to anything that is related to or operates on a digital system or platform. It involves the use of digital technology, typically based on binary code, to store, process, transmit or manipulate information digitally. It encompasses various aspects such as digital devices, digital data, digital communication, and digital media.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Digitaladjective

    of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination

  2. Etymology: [L. digitals.]

Wikidata

  1. Digital

    In information theory and information systems, digital refers to a technology that uses discrete, discontinuous representations of information or works in a discontinuous manner. This is contrasted with continuous, or analog systems which behave in a continuous manner, or represent information using a continuous function. Although digital representations are discrete, the information represented can be either discrete, such as numbers and letters or continuous, such as sounds, images, and other measurements. The word digital comes from the same source as the words digit and digitus, as fingers are often used for discrete counting. Mathematician George Stibitz of Bell Telephone Laboratories used the word digital in reference to the fast electric pulses emitted by a device designed to aim and fire anti-aircraft guns in 1942. It is most commonly used in computing and electronics, especially where real-world information is converted to binary numeric form as in digital audio and digital photography.

Editors Contribution

  1. digital

    Involving or relating to computers or technology.

    The digital age is here and people are using digital products daily.


    Submitted by MaryC on January 21, 2020  


  2. digitalnoun

    The visibility of light instructed with a numerical double edged sword of militant calculation working as a glycemic index to a fictitious or true narrative of a story that is imaginatively recounted. 1.) relating to or using signals or information represented by discrete values of a physical quantity, such as voltage or magnetic polarization, to represent arithmetic numbers or approximations to numbers from a continuum or logical expressions and variables of a clock or watch showing the time by means of displayed digits rather than hands or a pointer pointing fingers.

    Our Lord God Christ is the digital crown of our image.

    Etymology: Image in Motion


    Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on April 15, 2024  

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    Rank popularity for the word 'digital' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4489

  2. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'digital' in Adjectives Frequency: #615

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of digital in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of digital in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of digital in a Sentence

  1. Mark Feldstein:

    I think this is the first big war in the digital age that has galvanized Americans' attention, and there's a quantum leap in the toys and tools journalists are using since the last big American war in 2003 in Iraq, but all of this sophisticated technology still relies on the basic journalistic values of accuracy, verification, and fairness. Journalists still gather news piece by piece, often through dogged shoe leather reporting, interviewing witnesses, sifting through information, questioning, it, testing it, authenticating it — and then summarizing, synthesizing and analyzing it all in a clear and concise way to keep the public informed.

  2. Raju Narisetti:

    India's digital demographics are a key factor in looking at this space.

  3. Le Maire:

    It's very clear, the United States don't want a digital tax (deal) at the OECD. So they are making obstacles that prevent us from reaching an agreement even though the technical work is done.

  4. Brenda McPhail:

    Giving people more control over their data is something the Digital Charter promised, and is a part of how we control our private information, but it's not efficient as a privacy protection.

  5. Victor Gao:

    Whether I embrace the digital Renminbi or not is not up to me to decide, if I stay in China, if I remain a global citizen, I think this wave will hit me sooner or later. I can not fight against it, I can't resist it without being buried by it.

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