digital computer
noun
: a computer that operates with numbers expressed directly as digits compare analog computer, hybrid computer
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The most famous is Shor’s algorithm, which showed that a quantum computer would be able to find prime factors of a large number far faster than is currently possible on a digital computer.
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Kif Leswing, CNBC, 27 June 2025
There’s actually a lot of interesting debates on this about what kinds of properties might be inherent to a digital computer versus something else.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 1 May 2025
There’s a lot of room for talking about whether the digital computer itself is the right medium for replicating human intelligence.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 1 May 2025
That gave Sammet the opportunity to work with computing pioneer Grace Hopper on the UNIVAC I, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer manufactured in the United States.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Dec. 2024
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Kif Leswing, CNBC, 27 June 2025
There’s actually a lot of interesting debates on this about what kinds of properties might be inherent to a digital computer versus something else.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 1 May 2025
There’s a lot of room for talking about whether the digital computer itself is the right medium for replicating human intelligence.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 1 May 2025
That gave Sammet the opportunity to work with computing pioneer Grace Hopper on the UNIVAC I, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer manufactured in the United States.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Digital computer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/digital%20computer. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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