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A system whereby a continuously variable (analog) signal is broken down and encoded into discrete binary bits that represent a mathematical model of the original signal.

The storage and transmission of information by reducing it to digits and then reassembling it for an exact reproduction.

1650s, "pertaining to fingers," from Latin digitalis, from digitus (see digit). Meaning "using numerical digits" is from 1938, especially of computers after c. 1945; in reference t [..]

Signal transmission that conveys information through a series of coded pulses representing 1s and 0s (binary code).

Any device or system in which information is stored or manipulated by on/off impulses.

having to do with numbers (or digits), often in a format used by computers.

The presentation or recording of data or information in numerical format.

Your CD player is digital. It is a series of small samples of data playing together very quickly (30,000 times a second). Digital recording of information means representing the bits of data through ones and zeros. Playing the bits back to again create what was recorded is called digital processing.

The use of Binary data to represent information. In digital wireless phone systems, voice sounds are converted (encoded) to a binary stream of data that "describes" the sound. On the other e [..]

General term for all radio frequency wave signals that have been transformed into binary units of data (bits). The transformation of all video and audio signal information into bits is fundamental to expanding the opportunities for multimedia and convergent applications sharing the same output source (i.e. TV or PC screen).

displaying numbers rather than scale positions; "digital clock"; "digital readout" relating to or performed with the fingers; "digital [..]

Used in computerese to describe information that can be represented by a collection of bits.

Pertaining to data [signals] in the form of discrete [separate/pulse form] integral values. Contrast with analog.

An electronic technology that generates, stores, and processes data in terms of two states: positive and non-positive. Positive is expressed or represented by the number 1 and non-positive by the number 0. Data transmitted or stored with digital technology is expressed as a string of 0's and 1's. Each of these state digits is referred to [..]

Characterized by discrete states.

(adj.) Describes any system based on discontinuous data or events. Computers are digital machines because at their most basic level they can distinguish between just two values, 0 and 1, or off and on [..]

1. Presentation of information in a numerical form. Compare analogue. 2. The fingers and toes.

Data recorded or transmitted as discrete, discontinuous voltage pulses represented by the binary digits 0 and 1, called bits. In digitized text, each alphanumeric character is represented by a specifi [..]

1. Describes any system based on discontinuous data or events. Computers are digital machines because at their most basic level they can distinguish between just two values, 0 and 1, or off and on. There is no simple way to represent all the values in between, such as 0.25. All data that a computer processes must be encoded digitally, as a series o [..]

The first letter of the Digital Corp, the Intel Corp, and the Xerox Corp, which are the leading vendors defined the original Ethernet standards.

Devices that use calculation directly with digits instead of measurable physical quantities. Data signals are one of two levels corresponding to either 1 or 0 digit.

Data or voltages consisting of discrete steps or levels, as opposed to continuously variable analog data.

A reference to a system whereby a continuously variable analog signal is reduced and encoded into discrete binary bits that establish a mathematical model of an original signal or other information.

Transmission data representative by discrete characters.

The method of representing information as numbers with discrete (non-continuous) values, usually expressed as a sequence of binary digits (ones and zeros).

Circuitry in which data carrying signals are restricted to either of two voltage levels, corresponding to logic 1 or 0. Such a circuit has two stable states: high or low, on or off.

A sequence

The part of the limb below the ankle (fetlock) joint. Includes the long and short pastern bones and the coffin bone.

System of signal representation employing discrete rather than continuously variable (analog) values.

The use of zeros and ones to represent information. There are two major benefits to digital signals: First, the signal can be reproduced precisely. This is especially helpful in long transmissions whe [..]

Digital technology uses bits (computer information units) to encode information such as voice, video, data and images, for transmission.

A method of storing, processing and transmitting information through the use of distinct electronic or optical pulses that represent the binary digits 0 and 1. The opposite of analog.

Digital instrumentation consists of devices that convert analogue signals into a series of numbers through a sampling process and an analogue to digital converter. They then perform operations on the [..]

Digital can refer to electronic signals or to components of an electronic system. Digital signals have only two voltage levels, described as 'HI' and 'LO', or 'OFF' and & [..]

EL Digital can refer to electronic signals or to components of an electronic system. Digital signals have only two voltage levels, described as 'HI' and 'LO', or 'OFF' a [..]

A method of coding data about the world through abstraction as binary numbers (0s and 1s), as opposed to analog form. While analog coding is closer to the way humans perceive data in the world, digital coding is far more versatile and far more easily and cheaply replicated, two factors that account for the massive explosion of digital devices (comp [..]

Digital uses bits and bytes to carry signals, as opposed to analog, which uses electronic waves together with sound waves. An analog signal is slower and easier to intercept and/or interfere with.

How computers talk - The computer uses electronic switches that can be either on or off. These are represented by the numbers 1 for on and 0 for off. All data the computer works with is reduced to thi [..]

Digital refers to things that can be counted, like our fingers, (digits). The term is used when discussing computerized things because a computer can only deal with things it can count, like numbers a [..]

(adj) displaying numbers rather than scale positions(adj) relating to or performed with the fingers(adj) of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits

Digital is a form of data representation whereby the information is represented by series of binary digits 0 and 1. The information can be either data or a transformed analogue signal, such as speech. [..]

Literally "to do with numbers". Often used to describe a device using computer technology to replace older, traditional technologies. For example, a digital camera is one that stores images electronically rather than on chemical film.

Literally "to do with numbers". Often used to describe a device using computer technology to replace older, traditional technologies. For example, a digital camera is one that stores images [..]

Non-continuous. Computers are digital. They process information bits at a time. Computers can convert analog information into digital information for processing then back into analog again. A sound ca [..]

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The part of the limb below the ankle (fetlock) joint. Includes the long and short pastern bones and the coffin bone.

Developed in the 1970s, digital watches use arabic numbers in an LCD display.

A watch that uses an LCD display to show the time rather than hands

    Generally in electronics, refers to signals, devices, or circuits that are binary, meaning they only have two states (high or low, 1 or 0, on or off).  The branch of electronics dealing with such signals and their circuits.

The production of a discrete signal based on a change in state. See ANALOG.

Expression of discrete numerical values. Digital components communicate and interact using the 1's and 0's of binary code.

Advertising frames that have a digital screen, displaying moving or rotating images.

  Employing the binary system of numbers (1 and 0 only) for processing purposes. *** The Information Security Glossary ***

In CCTV, digital refers to devices that operate in pixel formats. Analog video devices use traditional NTSC and PAL formats. The lines of difference are blurred when you consider the analog signal is [..]

In computer terminology, discrete, not continuous, as in analog.

(as in digital content, digital devices, digital resources, digital technology) – essentially, another word for computers and computer technology. (Computers store and process information by converting it all to single-figure numbers – digits.) (1)

 

A form of storing, processing or transmitting information through a pulsed (rather than continuous variable) signal.

indicates information which is encoded into ones and zeros (binary code) by some computer processing element. Digital in this industry, however, can refer to several different things. Digital signal processing is a feature of all Eyespyvideo.com CCD cameras and many multiple camera processors. Digital video refers to digital recording of video usin [..]

Information used by the computer, represented by numbers. The buzzword for any capture device that converts photons to electrons. The use of that information to store, manipulate, transmit or output images in a computer environment. As opposed to analog.

Pertaining to computer language and operation. A digital point-and-shoot captures and stores pictures without film, for direct use in computer software and printing applications.

A system whereby a continuously variable (analog) signal is broken down and encoded into discrete binary bits that represent a mathematical model of the original signal.

Represented by numbers.

Information coded in numerical values (bits). Digital data streams are less susceptible to interference than analog streams. They can be more easily integrated with other data streams such as voice/video/data.

A computer's rendition of an image. These digital images can be retouched and enhanced and then printed. D-RAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory):

A method of producing, broadcasting and receiving TV signals using digital technology to convert sound and pictures into a series of digits in much the same way as a PC stores data.

A scheme for representing data via quantized, discrete steps. See analog.

Any device or system in which information is stored or manipulated by on/off impulses.

There are two main ways of doing things electronically, analog or digital. The digital method is to consider a circuit either on or off. A digital voltage or signal refers to the discrete nature of di [..]

binary storage of information as 1s and 0s

Anything using a binary code (Code with two values). Digital is used to refer to things which, at the very basic level, use the binary code. E.g. a digital device could be a computer, phone etc. If a [..]

In signal processing this refers to the representation of quantities in discrete units. The information is contained and manipulated as a series of discrete numbers as opposed to an analog representat [..]

Digital refers to electronic technology that uses discrete values, generally zero and one, to generate, store and process data. In digital technology, data is transmitted and stored as strings of zero [..]

The encoding of information that uses binary numbers (ones and zeros) for input, processing, transmission, storage, or display, rather than a continuous spectrum of values (an analog system) or non-nu [..]

A type of display that first appeared in the 1970s on wrist watches. Since then, digital watch technology has vastly improved, and continues to add on new and helpful features. In general, functions i [..]

General term for all radio frequency wave signals that have been transformed into binary units of data (bits). The transformation of all video and audio signal information into bits is fundamental to expanding the opportunities for multimedia and convergent applications sharing the same output source (i.e. TV or PC screen).

The opposite of analog. Digital refers to a system that uses numbers or non-numeric symbols for the transmission of data as opposed to the transmission of continuous electronic signals.

Sudden change in state. A standard light switch is digital, it can only be on or off.

information represented using discrete values. In computing, information represented using 1s and 0s. In electronics, a signal that conveys information through discrete values (HIGH/LOW

Data presented in discrete packages, rather than in continuously variable form (c.f analogue). Words, for example are digital whereas the changing volume in which they are spoken is analogue.

A value which is discrete, that is, it can only be at certain defined levels. With PLCs this typically refers to an on or off state like a switch or relay. See also: Analog, Points

Computer technology that transmits signals by breaking up the message into electronic bits, sending the message over the network, and recreating the message at the other end. Since the signal is recre [..]

Generally, information is expressed, stored and transmitted by either analog or digital means. In a digital form, this information is seen in a binary state as either a one or a zero, a plus or a minu [..]

A bank of earth or stone used to form a barrier, which restrains water outside of an area that is normally flooded. See LEVEE.

 Data technology using discrete values as opposed to continuous or analog signals.

Characterized by being either on or off with no intermediate value. The term is applied to computer data in transit and contrasted with analog.

Using a binary code (ones and zeroes, black and white, on and off, etc.) to represent data, which can be read, recorded, stored, processed, transmitted, or otherwise manipulated by a computer or other digital device.

Relating to devices or circuits that have outputs of only two discrete levels. Examples: 0 or 1, high or low, on or off, true or false etc.

A data technology that uses discrete (discontinuous) values e.g. '1' and '0' / 'on' and 'off'. The discrete data can be applied sequentially to form a digital signal. An digital device is one that handles digital data.

Storing information as a string of digits – namely "1"s and "0"s.

Storing information as a string of digits – namely “1”s and “0”s.

A digital signal is transmitted as a pattern of binary bits. Information is represented as a series of 1s and 0s, high or low electrical voltages, or the absence or presence of light.

A digital device that stores, processes and transmits information (audio, video, etc) by breaking the data into numbers (ones and zeroes). Hard drives, CDs (compact discs) and DVDs (digital video disc [..]

to-analog conversion - The process that changes discrete values into a voltage or current.

to-analog converter (DAC or D/A converter) - A device that converts digital information into a corresponding analog voltage or current.

Founded by Kenneth Olsen in 1957, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) was once a manufacturer of computers, a developer of software, and manufacturer of computer peripherals. In 1998 the company was p [..]

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