digital information
Bits and bytes
Digital information is data stored or transmitted as discrete numerical values—typically binary ones and zeros—rather than as continuous signals.
This includes everything from text files and photographs to streaming video and database records.
Digital information can be copied perfectly, searched instantly, and transmitted globally, distinguishing it from analog formats like vinyl records or handwritten documents: The library converted its archives to digital information.
- ones and zerosBinary digits
- hard driveComputer's internal storage device
- binary codeTwo-symbol numeral system
- metadataDescriptive information about content
- Wi-FiWireless network standard
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digital informationprinted matter
Published text materials
hard copy · vinyl records · oral tradition · manuscript · stone tablets
digital informationlegacy media
Established traditional news organizations
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