Digital (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. displaying a readout in numerical digits rather than by a pointer or hands on a dial: a digital speedometer;a digital watch.
  2. of, relating to, or using numerical calculations.
  3. of, relating to, or using data in the form of numerical digits: a digital image;digital devices.
  4. involving or using numerical digits expressed in a scale of notation, usually in the binary system, to represent discretely all variables occurring in a problem.
  5. available in electronic form; readable and manipulable by computer: Scan these two pages so you'll have them as a digital document.
  6. pertaining to, noting, or making use of computers and computerized technologies, including the internet: We are living in an increasingly digital world.Digital activism uses social media to achieve political reform.His blog is a great example of digital journalism.Digital technology has revolutionized the music industry.
  7. of or relating to a digit or finger.
  8. resembling a digit or finger.
  9. manipulated with a finger or the fingertips: a digital switch.
  10. having fingers or digitlike parts.
noun
  1. one of the keys or finger levers of keyboard instruments.
adjective
  1. of, relating to, resembling, or possessing a digit or digits
  2. performed with the fingers
  3. representing data as a series of numerical values
  4. displaying information as numbers rather than by a pointer moving over a dial
  5. responding to discrete values of input voltage and producing discrete output voltage levels, as in a logic circuit
  6. a less common word for digitate
noun
  1. one of the keys on the manuals of an organ or on a piano, harpsichord, etc
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