digital

[DigĀ·i*tal]

While digital refers to something that can be manipulated by the fingers (called "digits"), it also is a type of electronic signal that uses a binary code (a system using numbers, or "digits") to transmit information.

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

Adjective
of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits; "digital computer"

Adjective
relating to or performed with the fingers; "digital examination"

Adjective
displaying numbers rather than scale positions; "digital clock"; "digital readout"


a.
Of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination.


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.

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

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Usage Examples

Credit or debit cards, for starters, are nothing short of shoppers' Novocain. Even in the age of digital purchases and virtual money, we still attach a special value to dirty paper with pictures of presidents on it. Handing some of that to a cashier simply hurts more than handing over a little sliver of plastic.

As a result of the digital age and the decline of first-class mail, there is no question that the Postal Service must change and develop a new business model.

Another thing to do with the blues is how they were recorded. They were done on the quick, and some of that stuff was made on wire, not even tape, let alone digital.

Design, in its broadest sense, is the enabler of the digital era - it's a process that creates order out of chaos, that renders technology usable to business. Design means being good, not just looking good.

Economically, it's more expensive to make movies. I hope digital movies change that.

Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you.

A smartphone links patients' bodies and doctors' computers, which in turn are connected to the Internet, which in turn is connected to any smartphone anywhere. The new devices could put the management of an individual's internal organs in the hands of every hacker, online scammer, and digital vandal on Earth.

I can't drag myself away from 'Final Cut Pro.' It is a digital video editing system. I am obsessed with it, but I am always away from home, and I can't use it.

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Other Usage Examples

I have a lot of plants and fish and a pet lizard and Venus flytraps. I have a whole ecosystem in my room, like a running waterfall and different lights and sensors set on digital timers.

I don't think that digital photography is romantic yet. It's not sympathetic the way that film is.

I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very sceptical about European record labels' understanding of digital technology.

From a technical point of view, there seemed to me to be absolutely no reason why - with the existing technology - we couldn't do very high quality audio, because whereas the boom in digital graphics is ongoing, the boom in digital audio has already happened.

But, when we started our product portfolio, we focused the mixed signal requirements first for image processing devices and then in audio applications , targeting our technology into the growing use of digital technology in consumer markets.

Digital imaging has untied our hands with regards to technical limitations. We no longer have to be arbiters of technology we get to participate in the interpretation of technology into creative content.

As an avid photographer, I also took advantage of the latest technology in photography - digital photography - to post photos on my website on a daily basis.

Digital reading will completely take over. It's lightweight and it's fantastic for sharing. Over time it will take over.

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