DIGITAL COMPUTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does digital computer mean? 

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

1. a computer that represents information by numerical (binary) digits

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIGITAL COMPUTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A computer that represents information by numerical (binary) digits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

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 computer"):

bbs; bulletin board; bulletin board system; electronic bulletin board (a computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest)

file server ((computer science) a digital computer that provides workstations on a network with controlled access to shared resources)

mainframe; mainframe computer (a large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room)

minicomputer (a digital computer of medium size)

multiprocessor (a computer that uses two or more processing units under integrated control)

microcomputer; PC; personal computer (a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time)

von Neumann machine (any digital computer incorporating the ideas of stored programs and serial counters that were proposed in 1946 by von Neumann and his colleagues)

workstation (a desktop digital computer that is conventionally considered to be more powerful than a microcomputer)