DIGITAL COMMUNICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does digital communication mean? 

• DIGITAL COMMUNICATION (noun)
  The noun DIGITAL COMMUNICATION has 1 sense:

1. electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers)

  Familiarity information: DIGITAL COMMUNICATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIGITAL COMMUNICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

data communication; digital communication

Hypernyms ("digital communication" is a kind of...):

electronic communication (communication by computer)

Domain category:

computer; computing device; computing machine; data processor; electronic computer; information processing system (a machine for performing calculations automatically)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "digital communication"):

asynchronous transfer mode; ATM (a means of digital communications that is capable of very high speeds; suitable for transmission of images or voice or video as well as data)