digital computer


noun
  1. a computer that processes information in digital form.

Origin of digital computer

1
First recorded in 1940–45

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How to use digital computer in a sentence

  • They paved the way for high-speed digital computers, software programming, mass data storage, and the Internet.

    Drowning in Beeps | Nicholas Carr | March 1, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for digital computer

digital computer

noun
  1. an electronic computer in which the input is discrete rather than continuous, consisting of combinations of numbers, letters, and other characters written in an appropriate programming language and represented internally in binary notation: Compare analog computer

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