digital signal

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A signal in which the original information is converted into a string of bits before being transmitted. A radio signal, for example, will be either on or off. Digital signals can be sent for long distances and suffer less interference than analog signals.

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The communications industry worldwide is in the midst of a switch to digital signals.

Sound and video can also be streamed via computer.

Sound storage in a compact disk is in digital form.

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Additionally, Sur said he was anticipating demand for Marvell’s optical digital signal processors and storage products to be strong amid the AI data-center buildout.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

That’s where you see us investing in CPU and DSPs — digital signal processors — and AI-processing GPU.

From The Verge • Jan. 11, 2022

Among the concerns: digital signal on the battlefield.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2021

Software and digital signal processors then use the car’s audio system to create countervailing waveforms that are broadcast over the speakers to block the original noise.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2016

These machines take the math exercise that is a digital signal and turn it into the continuous wave that is analog.

From Washington Post

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