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digital US English

(of signals or data) expressed as series of the digits 0 and 1, typically represented by values of a physical quantity such as voltage or magnetic polarization

born digital US English

denoting texts or recordings produced in digital form, rather than having been converted from print or analog equivalents

digital cash (also digital money) US English

money that may be transferred electronically from one party to another during a transaction

digital frame US English

a device for displaying a revolving selection of digital photographs, which can be uploaded directly from a digital camera or memory card

digital camera US English

a camera that records and stores digital images

digital divide US English

the gulf between those who have ready access to computers and the Internet, and those who do not

digital locker US English

an Internet service that allows registered users to access music, movies, videos, photographs, games, and other multimedia files

digital native US English

a person born or brought up during the age of digital technology and therefore familiar with computers and the Internet from an early age

digital audiotape (abbreviation: DAT) US English

magnetic tape used to make digital sound recordings of very high quality

digital immigrant US English

a person born or brought up before the widespread use of digital technology

digital signature US English

a type of electronic signature that encrypts documents with digital codes that are particularly difficult to duplicate

digital television (abbreviation: DTV) US English

television broadcasting in which the pictures are transmitted as digital signals that are decoded by a device in or attached to the receiving television set

digital compression US English

a method of reducing the number of bits (zeros and ones) in a digital signal by using mathematical algorithms to eliminate redundant information

digital compact cassette (abbreviation: DCC) US English

a format for tape cassettes similar to ordinary audiocassettes but with digital rather than analog recording

digital video recorder US English

a programmable electronic device that writes audio and video input, typically from a television signal, to a rewritable hard disk

digital object identifier (abbreviation: DOI) US English

a unique and persistent string of characters used to identify a journal article, website, or other item of intellectual property, typically one in digital form

digital-to-analog converter US English

an electronic device for converting digital signals to analog form

analog-to-digital converter (abbreviation: ADC) US English

a device for converting analog signals to digital form

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (abbreviation: DMCA) US English

a 1998 US law intended to update copyright law for electronic commerce and electronic content providers. It criminalizes the circumvention of electronic and digital copyright protection systems

integrated services digital network (abbreviation: ISDN) US English

a telecommunications network through which sound, images, and data can be transmitted as digitized signals

predigital US English

belonging to or characteristic of the period preceding the widespread adoption of digital technologies

digital money in digital cash (also digital money) US English

money that may be transferred electronically from one party to another during a transaction

digital English-French

numérique

digital English-German

Digital-

digital English-Italian

digitale

digital Spanish-English

finger, digital

digital clock English-Italian

orologio m digitale

digital camera English-Italian

fotocamera f digitale