digital media

American  

[dij-i-tl me-dee-uh] / ˈdɪdʒ ɪ tl ˈme di ə /

noun

1. (usually used with a singular verb) video, audio, software, or other content that is created, edited, stored, or accessed in digital form, through numeric encoding and decoding of data: Passionate amateurs can now afford to make and distribute independent movies using digital media, without the prohibitive costs of film.

   The distribution of digital media will soon outpace sales of print newspapers, magazines, and books.

   Passionate amateurs can now afford to make and distribute independent movies using digital media, without the prohibitive costs of film.

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Etymology

Origin of digital media

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

Rather than working directly with the original fossil, Nielsen studied a digital model and a 3D-printed version produced at Aarhus University.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

Machines cut lumber and route utility pathways; nail guns connect joists, studs and weather wrap; other machines blow in insulation, all guided by a digital model.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025

Fossils from this era, called the Middle Jurassic, are extremely rare, says Dr Liz Martin-Silverstone at the University of Bristol who used a CT scanner to make a 3D digital model of the fossil.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2024

Now, two companies – an undersea technology company called Magellan and the movie company, Atlantic Productions – have created a full-sized digital model of the Titanic.

From NewsForKids.net • May 25, 2023

For the past five years, Boeing has talked up the advances it has made with what is called “model-based engineering,” which centralizes all information about a project in a digital model.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2021