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Are there two widely accepted meanings for digital?

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"

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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.