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][1] because the other question is not about if there are two extremely common (macro and micro) definitions for digital, or not. [1]: https://is-digital-necessarily-discrete-in-both-amplitude-and-time