digital computer
noun
: a computer that operates with numbers expressed directly as digits compare analog computer, hybrid computer
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Turing emphasized the importance of speed and storage in determining the capabilities of a digital computer.
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Gerui Wang, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
The world moved to digital computers and never looked back.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Dec. 2017
The combined resources of the most intelligent humans and the most powerful digital computers that could ever be built don’t even come close.
—Denis Mandich, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Millions of transistors are now integrated into a chip to create logical circuits, which is the basis of today's digital computers.
—Kazuhiro Gomi, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
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Gerui Wang, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
The world moved to digital computers and never looked back.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Dec. 2017
The combined resources of the most intelligent humans and the most powerful digital computers that could ever be built don’t even come close.
—Denis Mandich, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Millions of transistors are now integrated into a chip to create logical circuits, which is the basis of today's digital computers.
—Kazuhiro Gomi, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Digital computer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/digital%20computer. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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