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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a computer that represents information by numerical (binary) digits;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Computer \Com*put"er\ (k[o^]m*p[=u]t"[~e]r), n. 1. One who computes. 2. (Computers) an electronic device for performing calculations automatically. It consists of a clock to provide voltage pulses to synchronize the operations of the devices within the computer, a central processing unit, where the arithmetical and logical operations are performed on data, a random-access memory, where the programs and data are stored for rapid access, devices to input data and output results, and various other peripheral devices of widely varied function, as well as circuitry to support the main operations. Note: This modern sense of computer comprises the stored-program computers, in which multiple steps in a calculation may be stored within the computer itself as instructions in a program, and are then executed by the computer without further intervention of the operator. Different types of computer are variously called analog computer, number cruncher, number-cruncher, digital computer, and pari-mutuel machine, totalizer, totaliser, totalizator, totalisator. Syn: data processor, electronic computer, information processing system. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] 3. (Computers) same as digital computer. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

digital computer \digital computer\ n. 1. (Computers) a computer that represents information by numerical digits with a fixed number of values; -- most commonly each piece of information is internally represented in binary code, as an array of bits, which are information units each of which can take only two values. The possible values of each bit are conventionally represented as the numbers 1 or 0. Note: The bits of information are usually further organized, maniplulated, and discussed as nybbles (4 bits, rarely used), bytes (8 bits, most commonly used), or words (from 16 to 128 bits, and in the future probably more). A word is usually defined as the number of bits that are processed at one time by the central procesor unit. Syn: . [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

digital computer n 1: a computer that represents information by numerical (binary) digits
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

digital computer A computer that represents numbers and other data using discrete internal states, in contrast to the continuously varying quantities used in an analog computer. Some of the fundamental ideas behind the digital computer were proposed by Alan Turing between 1936 and 1938. The design of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (1937-1942) included some of the important implementation details but the first digital computer to successfully run real programs was the Z3 (1941). ENIAC (1943-1946) was the first electronic digital computer but was only programmable by manual rewiring or switches. (2003-10-01)