digitally

Through electronic means

Digitally means by means of digital technology—computers, electronics, or numerical data rather than analog or physical methods.

A digitally enhanced photo has been modified with software.

To sign digitally is to authenticate a document electronically.

Music recorded digitally is stored as numerical data rather than on tape.

The word also refers to fingers: a digitally performed exam uses the hands.

computing

algorithm

Finite problem-solving procedure

hardware · computing · binary · code · programming · storage · database · servers · encryption · metadata

network

internet

Interconnected computer systems

streaming · broadband · ethernet · router · modem · cybersecurity · firewall · protocol · LAN · WAN

electronic

circuit

Closed electrical pathway

signal · PCB · circuitry · capacitor · resistor · diode · LED · display · sensor · processor

virtual

avatar

Digital user representation

augmented reality · virtual reality · VR · AR · 3D · rendered · CGI · hologram · telepresence · gamification

media

file

Stored collection of data

  • imageVisual or mental likeness
  • audioTransmitted sound content
  • videoRecorded moving imagery

pixel · format · compressed · streaming · download · edited · remastered · restored · enhanced · converted

Categories
Opposites
signal/data format

digitallyanalog

Comparable equivalent

manually · by hand · analogically · physically · in person

medium/method of execution

digitallymanually

Using one's hands

by hand · physically · on paper · in print · mechanically

presence/interaction mode

digitallyin person

Bodily present somewhere

physically · face-to-face · in the flesh · live · bodily

Phrases
Family

digital, digitalis, digitalize, digitalization, digital distribution, digital image

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