digital

digital [dij′i təl, dij′it'l]

adj.

[ME < L digitalis]

1. of, like, or constituting a digit, esp. a finger

2. having digits

3. performed with a finger

4. using numbers that are digits to represent all the variables involved in calculation

5. using a row of digits, rather than numbers on a dial, to provide numerical information [a digital watch, a digital thermometer]: cf. ANALOG (sense 4)

6.

a) designating or of data, images, sounds, etc. that are stored, transmitted, manipulated, or reproduced by a process using groups of electronic bits represented as 1 or 0

b) of or by means of such a process, as one using a digital computer

7.

a) designating or of a recording technique in which sounds or images are converted into groups of electronic bits and stored on a magnetic or optical medium: the groups of bits are read electronically, as by a laser beam, for reproduction

b) designating or of a type of radio or TV transmission and reception in which data, sounds, or images are sent or received as groups of electronic bits

n.

1. a finger

2. a key played with a finger, as on the piano

digitally

adv.