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Would it be correct to say thatAre there are two common, distinct,widely accepted meanings for "digital"digital?

  • Discrete in both time and in valueCountable number of states (modes) such as on/off etc.

    • Suitable for "things which arearen't defined as signals"
  • Countable number of states (modes) such as on/off etc.Discrete in both time and in value

    • Suitable for "things which aren'tare defined as signals"

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This question shouldn't be marked as a duplicate of this question because the other question is not about if there are two extremely common (macro and micro) definitions for digital, or not.

Would it be correct to say that there are two common, distinct, meanings for "digital"?

  • Discrete in both time and in value

    • Suitable for "things which are defined as signals"
  • Countable number of states (modes) such as on/off etc.

    • Suitable for "things which aren't defined as signals"

Are there two widely accepted meanings for digital?

  • Countable number of states (modes) such as on/off etc.

    • Suitable for "things which aren't defined as signals"
  • Discrete in both time and in value

    • Suitable for "things which are defined as signals"

Update

This question shouldn't be marked as a duplicate of this question because the other question is not about if there are two extremely common (macro and micro) definitions for digital, or not.

Post Closed as "Duplicate" by Dan Boschen, lennon310, Fat32, MBaz, TimWescott
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Are there two widely accepted meanings for digital?

Would it be correct to say that there are two common, distinct, meanings for "digital"?

  • Discrete in both time and in value

    • Suitable for "things which are defined as signals"
  • Countable number of states (modes) such as on/off etc.

    • Suitable for "things which aren't defined as signals"