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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

digital
     adj 1: (electronics) of a circuit or device that represents
            magnitudes in digits; "digital computer" [ant: analogue]
     2: displaying numbers rather than scale positions; "digital
        clock"; "digital readout"
     3: relating to or performed with the fingers; "digital
        examination"

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Digital \Dig"i*tal\, a. [L. digitals.]
   Of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with the
   fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination.

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) 

Digital

   <company> Common abbreviation for Digital Equipment
   Corporation.

   (1995-12-18)
digital

   <data> A description of data which is stored or transmitted
   as a sequence of discrete symbols from a finite set, most
   commonly this means binary data represented using electronic
   or electromagnetic signals.

   The opposite is analogue.

   (1998-10-28)