Digital vs Initialism - What's the difference?
digital | initialism |
Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); performed with a finger.
Property of representing values as discrete numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.
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A term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
As nouns the difference between digital and initialism
is that digital is (finance) a digital option while initialism is a term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.As an adjective digital
is having to do with digits (fingers or toes); performed with a finger.digital
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(wikipedia digital)Adjective
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Focus on Everything, passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.
- Digital payment systems are replacing cash transactions.
Antonyms
* nondigital * undigital * (representing discrete values) analog, analogueDerived terms
* digital computer * digitalize, digitalization * digital meter * digital storageinitialism
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Noun
(wikipedia initialism) (en noun)- BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation.