Digital
Example: A tecnologia digital transformou a forma como comunicamos.
Definition
"Digital" in the context of music refers to the use or representation of sound and information through discrete numerical values, especially binary code, enabling electronic processing, recording, and reproduction of audio signals with high precision and quality.
Etymology
The word "digital" comes from the Latin word 'digitus,' meaning finger or toe, as early counting was done using fingers. It evolved to describe anything involving digits or numbers. In music, "digital" signifies technology that encodes sound into numerical data, a concept popularized in the late 20th century.
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