The meaning of DIGITAL is of, relating to, or utilizing devices constructed or working by the methods or principles of electronics : electronic; also : characterized by electronic and especially computerized …

DIGITAL meaning: 1 : showing the time with numbers instead of with hour and minute hands; 2 : of or relating to information that is stored in the form of the numbers 0 and 1

Digital Look up digital in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Digital usually refers to something using discrete digits, often binary digits.

(Definition of digital from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

A digital system is one that operates using ones and zeros rather than analog signals.

Dec 24, 2025 · digital (not comparable) Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially, performed with a finger. coordinate terms Coordinate terms: dactylo-, fingerlike, toelike digital palpation digital …

While digital refers to something that can be manipulated by the fingers (called "digits"), it also is a type of electronic signal that uses a binary code (a system using numbers, or "digits") to transmit information.

Terms such as digital art, digital economy, and digital money are now covered in the revised entry, along with a more general sense: ‘involving or relating to digital or computer technology, esp. the Internet’.

DIGITAL definition: displaying a readout in numerical digits rather than by a pointer or hands on a dial. See examples of digital used in a sentence.

Learn about Analog and Digital and their differences.