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dig-i-tal, adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or resembling a digit, especially a finger.
  2. Operated or done with the fingers.
  3. Having digits.
  4. Expressed in digits, especially for use by a computer.
  5. Using or giving a reading in digits.



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This page is part of a section of lecture slides related to " On Being Digital " within the topic "Why Digital?". Other slides within this section and other sections of slides for the topic "Why Digital?" can be accessed using the links below.
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  • Being Digital
  • Analog vs. Digital
  • Analog vs. Digital
  • Analog vs. Digital
  • "DIGITAL" DOESN'T REQUIRE DIGITS
  • Why Binary?
  • Alphabet Independence
  • Alphabet Reduction
  • UNIFORM INFORMATION TRANSPORT
  • Digitizing the Non-digital
  • The Physics of Sound
  • A Mathematical Abstraction of Sound
  • Analog Representations of Sound
  • Sound Sampling
  • Digital Sound
  • Advantages and Disadvantages of Digitization
  • Approximation and Under-sampling
  • Sensitivity to Distortion