Digital
Example: Die digitale Musikqualität hat sich in den letzten Jahren stark verbessert.
Definition
"Digital" as an adverb in the context of music describes something related to or using digital technology, often indicating that the music quality or production involves electronic data rather than analog methods. For example, "digital" music quality refers to sound processed or stored digitally.
Etymology
The word "digital" comes from the Latin word 'digitus,' meaning finger or toe, originally related to counting on fingers. Over time, it evolved to describe data expressed in discrete numerical digits, especially binary code in computing and electronics. Did you know? The term began to be widely used in music with the advent of digital recording and playback technologies in the late 20th century.
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"Digital" appears in the Vocaplus list "", containing 100 commonly used words.
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