digital
adjective
uk/ˈdɪdʒɪtəl/ us IT, COMMUNICATIONS
using a system that can be used by a computer and other electronic equipment, in which information is sent and received in electronic form as a series of the numbers 1 and 0:
digital content/data/information
digital camera/photography/image
digital television/TV/radio
After the switchover all our TV channels went digital.
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analogue
IT, INTERNET
relating to computer technology, especially the internet:
The business has invested heavily in the latest digital technology.
In the digital world, the tools available to a marketer are utterly different.
The magazine that year ranked YouTube as one of its top ten digital brands.
showing information as whole numbers rather than in another form such as a picture, graph, etc.:
The unit has a clear digital display showing the temperature and humidity.
a digital watch/clock/alarm clock
digitally
adverb /ˈdɪdʒɪtəli/
The system captures CCTV images and stores them digitally on hard disk.