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 usually refers to something using discrete digits, often binary digits. Social media is an essential tool in a digital world. Converting an entire CD to digital format and downloading it to an MP3 player takes only about 10 to 15 minutes. Viewers can get more than 100.

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

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