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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
digital
adj 1: displaying numbers rather than scale positions; "digital
clock"; "digital readout"
2: relating to or performed with the fingers; "digital
examination"
3: (electronics) of a circuit or device that represents
magnitudes in digits; "digital computer" [ant: {analogue}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
Digital
Common abbreviation for {Digital Equipment
Corporation}.
(1995-12-18)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
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)
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