digital computer

noun

: a computer that operates with numbers expressed directly as digits compare analog computer, hybrid computer

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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 Modern pharmaceuticals, microelectronics, digital computers, jet aircraft, satellites, GPS, the Internet, and much more resulted from this investment. Jonathan Gruber, Foreign Affairs, 12 Sep. 2019 Despite the brain’s complexity, many scientists have essentially treated it as a primitive digital computer. Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for digital computer 

Word History

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of digital computer was in 1946

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“Digital computer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/digital%20computer. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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digital computer

noun
: a computer that operates with numbers expressed as digits (as in the binary system) compare analog computer

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