| digital communications technology | the design and construction of communications technology that transmits information in digital form |
booster booster amplifier
booster station
relay link
relay station
relay transmitter | an amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal |
digital-analog converter
digital-to-analog converter | device for converting digital signals into analogue signals |
digital audiotape
DAT | a digital tape recording of sound |
| digital camera | a camera that encodes an image digitally and store it for later reproduction |
| digital clock | a clock that displays the time of day digitally |
| digital computer | a computer that represents information by numerical (binary) digits |
digital display
alphanumeric display | a display that gives the information in the form of characters (numbers or letters) |
| digital plethysmograph | plethysmograph applied to a digit of the hand or foot to measure skin blood flow |
digital subscriber line
DSL | a generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds |
| digital voltmeter | an electronic voltmeter that gives readings in digits |
| digital watch | a watch with a digital display |
digitizer
digitiser
analog-digital converter
analog-to-digital converter | device for converting analogue signals into digital signals |
personal digital assistant
PDA
personal organizer
personal organiser
organizer
organiser | a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks, can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc. |
| radio transmitter | transmitter that is the part of a radio system that transmits signals |
| satellite transmitter | a transmitter on a communications satellite |
scanner digital scanner
image scanner | an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer |
| spark transmitter | an early radio transmitter using a discharge across a spark gap as the source of its power |
| television transmitter | transmitter that is part of a television system |
transmitter
sender | set used to broadcast radio or tv signals |
digital arteries
arteria digitalis | arteries in the hand and foot that supply the fingers and toes |
digital vein
vena digitalis | one of the veins serving the fingers or toes |
digital communication
data communication | electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers) |
musical instrument digital interface
MIDI | a standard protocol for communication between electronic musical instruments and computers |
vector
transmitter | any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease, mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever, fleas are vectors of the plague, aphids are transmitters of plant diseases, when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects |
sender
transmitter | someone who transmits a message, return to sender |
| digital photography | a photographic method that stores the image digitally for later reproduction |
| digital | of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits, digital computer |
| digital | relating to or performed with the fingers, digital examination |
| digital | displaying numbers rather than scale positions, digital clock, digital readout |