Digital describes data which is stored or transmitted as a sequence of discrete symbols (or numerical values) from a finite set. The opposite of digital is analog.

In computing, this commonly refers to binary data represented by electronic or electromagnetic signals.^[1]

References

External links

• Analog vs. Digital at Diffen
• Digital data at Wikipedia

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