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digital computer

American  

noun

  1. a computer that processes information in digital form.

digital computer British  

noun

  1. an electronic computer in which the input is discrete rather than continuous, consisting of combinations of numbers, letters, and other characters written in an appropriate programming language and represented internally in binary notation Compare analog computer

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Etymology

Origin of digital computer

First recorded in 1940–45

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