Digital ˈdɪdʒɪtl Extra Examples Adjective Camera Media/Content/Platforms Figures

• a digital camera
• digital media/content/platforms
• these figures include digital downloads in addition to retail sales.
• he quickly realized that all film and video production would go digital.

digital

1. using a system of receiving and sending information as a series of the numbers one and zero, showing that an electronic signal is there or is not there
• COMPARE analogue (1)
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/analogue_1#analogue_sng_1
• a digital camera
• digital media/content/platforms
• These figures include digital downloads in addition to retail sales.
• He quickly realized that all film and video production would go digital.
• The system is fully digital, with no analogue components.

Extra Examples

• digital terrestrial and digital satellite broadcasting
• We are moving our CCTV to a fully digital network.
• They transferred the 35mm footage to digital video.
• With digital photography, images of construction sites can be transmitted via the internet to architects and engineers.
• Communication evolved from verbal exchanges to paper drawings to digital media.
• high-resolution digital images
• The sketches were scanned and converted into digital format.
• The project is the internet's oldest digital library, offering over 13 000 e-texts for free download.
2. connected with the use of computer technology, especially the internet
• communication in the digital age
• Digital technology continues to evolve rapidly.
• Advertisers are putting more and more money into digital marketing.

Extra Examples

• We live in a digital age where everything can be downloaded.
• The world's wealthiest nations promised to support government efforts to bridge the digital divide.
• The media establishment is still having trouble coming to terms with the digital revolution.
• Students in poorer areas lack access to the digital world.
• New digital technologies have unfortunately created new avenues to fraud and copyright infringement.
3. showing information by using figures, rather than with hands that point to numbers
• COMPARE analogue (2)
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/analogue_1#analogue_sng_2
• a digital clock/watch
• The instrument panel has an easy-to-read digital display.

Extra Examples

• The digital alarm clock by my bed said 5:25.
• The runs were timed to the nearest second using a digital stopwatch.

Word Origin

• late 15th cent.: from Latin digitalis, from digitus ‘finger, toe’.