digital

Relating to computers, the internet, or technology that uses them.

• I need better digital skills.
• The company sells digital services to schools.
• Digital media have changed how we share news.

Similar words: electronic, computerized

Common phrases: digital technology, digital media, digital skills, digital world

Using separate numbers to represent information, rather than values that change smoothly.

• The digital clock shows the exact time.
• This device converts sound into digital signals.
• Digital recordings store sound as numbers.

Opposites: analog

Common phrases: digital signal, digital clock, digital recording, digital display

Relating to fingers or toes, or done using a finger.

• The surgeon repaired a digital nerve.
• A digital examination involves feeling with a finger.
• Digital arteries supply blood to the fingers.

Common phrases: digital examination, digital nerve, digital palpation

Equipment or technology that stores and uses information as numbers, especially in photography or media.

• I switched from film to digital.
• Digital makes sharing photos much easier.
• The newspaper invested more in digital last year.

Common phrases: switch to digital, shoot in digital, move to digital