Digit

Digit may refer to:A finger, thumb, or toeSlang for a phone number, as in "May I have your digits to call you."Numerical digit, as used in mathematics or computer scienceDigit (unit), an ancient measurement unitDigit (magazine), an Indian information technology magazineDigit was Dian Fossey's favorite gorilla subject who was killed and beheaded in 1978
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(v. t.)
To point at or out with the finger.
  

(n.)
One twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon; -- a term used to express the quantity of an eclipse; as, an eclipse of eight digits is one which hides two thirds of the diameter of the disk.
  

(n.)
One of the terminal divisions of a limb appendage; a finger or toe.
  

(n.)
One of the ten figures or symbols, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, by which all numbers are expressed; -- so called because of the use of the fingers in counting and computing.
  

(n.)
A finger's breadth, commonly estimated to be three fourths of an inch.
  

A symbol, numeral, or graphic character that represents an integer. Note 1: Examples of digits include any one of the decimal characters "0" through "9" and either of the binary characters "0" or "1." (188 ) Note 2: In a given numeration system, the number of allowable different digits, including zero, is always equal to the base (radix).

An employee of Digital Equipment Corporation. See also VAX, VMS, PDP-10, TOPS-10, DEChead, double DECkers, field circus.
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