- using a system of receiving and sending information as a series of the numbers one and zero, showing that an electronic signal is there or is not there
- a digital camera
- digital media/content/platforms
- These figures include digital downloads in addition to retail sales.
- He quickly realized that all film and video production would go digital.
- The system is fully digital, with no analogue components.
Extra ExamplesTopics Computersa2, TV, radio and newsa2- digital terrestrial and digital satellite broadcasting
- We moved our CCTV to a fully digital network.
- They transferred the 35mm footage to digital video.
- With digital photography, images of construction sites can be transmitted via the internet to architects and engineers.
- high-resolution digital images
- The sketches were scanned and converted into digital format.
- The project is the internet's oldest digital library, offering over 13 000 e-texts for free download.
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- connected with the use of computer technology, especially the internet
- communication in the digital age
- Digital technology continues to evolve rapidly.
- Advertisers are putting more and more money into digital marketing.
Extra Examples- We live in a digital age where everything can be downloaded.
- The media establishment is still having trouble coming to terms with the digital revolution.
- Students in poorer areas lack access to the digital world.
- New digital technologies have unfortunately created new avenues to fraud and copyright infringement.
- (of clocks, watches, etc.) showing information by using figures, rather than with hands that point to numbers
- a digital clock/watch
- The instrument panel has an easy-to-read digital display.
Extra Examples- The digital alarm clock by my bed said 5:25.
- The runs were timed to the nearest second using a digital stopwatch.
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin digitalis, from digitus ‘finger, toe’.
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