connected by a communications line to a computer. Opposite of off-line.
being in progress now; ongoing; as, on-line editorial projects.
Of or pertaining to the fingers; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination.
of or pertaining to digits{3}; expressed in digits{3}, or using digits{3}; as, a digital display; a digital clock.
performing internal logical and arithmetic operations by means of digits, usually represented as binary numbers. Contrasted to analog, wherein variables are represented as coninuous physical quantities such as voltages or the position of a pointer on a continuous scale; as, a digital computer.
connected by a communications line to a computer. Opposite of off-line.
being in progress now; ongoing; as, on-line editorial projects.
Of or pertaining to the fingers; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination.
of or pertaining to digits{3}; expressed in digits{3}, or using digits{3}; as, a digital display; a digital clock.
performing internal logical and arithmetic operations by means of digits, usually represented as binary numbers. Contrasted to analog, wherein variables are represented as coninuous physical quantities such as voltages or the position of a pointer on a continuous scale; as, a digital computer.