Definition of "digital" in Anglais

adjective

1. Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially, performed with a finger.

   • digital palpation
   • digital examination

2. Property of representing values as discrete, often binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.

   • digital computer
   • digital clock

3. Of or relating to computers or the Information Age.

   • Near-synonyms: computerized, electronic, digitized, virtual
   • Digital payment systems are replacing cash transactions.

noun

1. (finance) A digital option.

2. (uncountable) Digital equipment or technology.

   • He moved to digital for the first time, using a Sony camera.

3. Ellipsis of digital watch.

4. (informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of digital art.

5. (music) Any of the keys of a piano or similar instrument.

   • Beginning with the keyboard, direct attention to the grouping of the black digitals, and show that though at the outer edge of the keyboard the white digitals look as if they were all equally close neighbours, yet, […]

6. (colloquial, humorous) A finger.