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digital computer

dig·it·al com·put·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [dij-i-tl kuh m-pyoo-ter]
    • /ˈdɪdʒ ɪ tl kəmˈpyu tər/
    • /ˈdɪdʒ.ɪ.təl kəmˈpjuːtə(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dij-i-tl kuh m-pyoo-ter]
    • /ˈdɪdʒ ɪ tl kəmˈpyu tər/

Definitions of digital computer words

  • noun digital computer a computer that processes information in digital form. 1
  • noun Definition of digital computer in Technology (computer)   A computer that represents numbers and other data using discrete internal states, in contrast to the continuously varying quantities used in an analog computer. Some of the fundamental ideas behind the digital computer were proposed by Alan Turing between 1936 and 1938. The design of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (1937-1942) included some of the important implementation details but the first digital computer to successfully run real programs was the Z3 (1941). ENIAC (1943-1946) was the first electronic digital computer but was only programmable by manual rewiring or switches. 1
  • noun digital computer an electronic computer in which the input is discrete rather than continuous, consisting of combinations of numbers, letters, and other characters written in an appropriate programming language and represented internally in binary notation 0
  • noun digital computer a computer for processing data represented by discrete, localized physical signals, as the presence or absence of an electric current: the most commonly used kind of computer 0
  • noun digital computer A computing device (computer) that processes signals that change in discrete, quantized, steps; as opposed to an analog computer. 0
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Origin of digital computer

First appearance:

before 1940
One of the 7% newest English words
First recorded in 1940-45

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Parts of speech for Digital computer

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digital computer popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data about 74% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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