digit

Toe, for instance

A digit is a finger or toe—humans have twenty digits total.

Because we count on our fingers, digit also means any numeral from 0 through 9: a four-digit PIN, the last four digits of your phone number.

The digital age takes its name from the discrete digits that encode all computer data.

finger

phalanges

Bones of fingers, toes

  • knuckleFinger-to-hand joint
  • thumbShort opposable digit
  • indexAlphabetical guide to contents

middle · ring · pinky · nail · cuticle · hand · grip · fingerprint · dexterity · gesture

numeral

number

Symbol representing quantity

  • integerNumber lacking fractions
  • numeralSymbol denoting quantity
  • zeroNumerical absence of quantity

one · two · three · four · five · six · seven · eight · nine · Arabic

binary

bit

Small amount or portion

ASCII · nibble · octet · checksum · bitwise · data · encoding · computation · kilobyte · megabyte

toe

phalanges

Bones of fingers, toes

footwear · bunion · callus · corns · nail · webbed · stubbed · toenail · piggy · balance

Categories
Opposites
symbolic character type

digitletter

Written symbol or message

alphabet · word · text · symbol · punctuation

anatomical structure

digitlimb

Jointed bodily projection

torso · trunk · palm · sole · hand

numeric precision/scale

digitnumber

Symbol representing quantity

whole number · integer · numeral · figure · decimal

Phrases
Family

digital, digits, digitize, digitally, digitization, digitized, digitizing, digitizer, digitalize

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G