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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
dig·it·al       [dij-i-tl] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.of or pertaining to a digit or finger.
2.resembling a digit or finger.
3.manipulated with a finger or the fingertips: a digital switch.
4.displaying a readout in digital form: a digital speedometer.
5.having digits or digitlike parts.
6.of, pertaining to, or using data in the form of numerical digits.
7.Computers. involving or using numerical digits expressed in a scale of notation to represent discretely all variables occurring in a problem.
8.of, pertaining to, or using numerical calculations.
9.available in electronic form; readable and manipulable by computer.
–noun
10.one of the keys or finger levers of keyboard instruments.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < L digitālis, equiv. to digit(us) (see digit) + -ālis -al1]

dig·it·al·ly, adverb
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
dig·i·tal       (dĭj'ĭ-tl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or resembling a digit, especially a finger.
  2. Operated or done with the fingers: a digital switch.
  3. Having digits.
  4. Expressed in numerical form, especially for use by a computer.
  5. Computer Science Of or relating to a device that can read, write, or store information that is represented in numerical form. See Usage Note at virtual.
  6. Using or giving a reading in digits: a digital clock.

n.   A key played with the finger, as on a piano.

dig'i·tal·ly adv.
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
digital

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

The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
digital       (dĭj'ĭ-tl)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. Anatomy Relating to or resembling a digit, especially a finger.
  2. Computer Science Representing or operating on data or information in numerical form. A digital clock uses a series of changing digits to represent time at discrete intervals, for example, every second. Modern computers rely on digital processing techniques, in which both data and the instructions for manipulating data are represented as binary numbers. Compare analog. See also logic gate.

American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

digital dig·i·tal (dĭj'ĭ-tl)
adj.

  1. Of or resembling a finger or toe or an impression made by them.
  2. Done or performed with a finger.

dig'i·tal·ly adv.

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This

Digital company
Common abbreviation for Digital Equipment Corporation.
(1995-12-18)

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This

digital data
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)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

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