digital signal

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1. 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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The company makes the digital signal processors that turn electrical signals into light pulses so that data can travel quickly through fiber optic cables.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

Credo said the deal will position the company to address the demand for both electrical and optical interconnects through a vertically integrated stack that includes its SerDes and digital signal processor technology.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 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

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