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digital computer

The definition of a digital computer is the most commonly used type of computer and is used to process information with quantities using digits, usually using the binary number system.

(noun)

An example of a digital computer is a MacBook.

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See digital computer in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

See digital computer in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A computer that performs calculations and logical operations with quantities represented as digits, usually in the binary number system.

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