Digital definition

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WordNet

(1) Of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits

"Digital computer"

(2) Relating to or performed with the fingers

"Digital examination"

(3) Displaying numbers rather than scale positions

"Digital clock"

"Digital readout"

WiktionaryText

From , from + -alis '-al'

Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); performed with a finger.
Property of representing values as discrete numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.
- digital computer, digital clock
Of or relating to computers or the Computer Age.