Digit may refer to:
Mathematics and science
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Numerical digit
A numerical digit (often shortened to just digit) is a single symbol used alone (such as "2") or in combinations (such as "25"), to represent numbers in a positional numeral system. The name "digit" comes from the fact that the ten digits (Latin ...
, as used in mathematics or computer science
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Hindu-Arabic numerals
Arabic numerals are the ten numerical digits: , , , , , , , , and . They are the most commonly used symbols to write decimal numbers. They are also used for writing numbers in other systems such as octal, and for writing identifiers such as c ...
, the most common modern representation of numerical digits
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Digit (anatomy)
A digit is one of several most distal parts of a limb, such as fingers or toes, present in many vertebrates.
Names
Some languages have different names for hand and foot digits (English: respectively "finger" and "toe", German: "Finger" and "Ze ...
, the most distal part of a limb, such as a finger or toe
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Digit (unit), an ancient measurement unit
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Hartley (unit)
The hartley (symbol Hart), also called a ban, or a dit (short for decimal digit), is a logarithmic unit that measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10. One hartley is the information content of an event if th ...
or decimal digit, a unit of information entropy
Personalities
* Digit, a gorilla studied by
Dian Fossey, killed by poachers and buried near Fossey's grave
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Digit Fund, now the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, founded by Fossey to raise money for anti-poaching patrols
Arts and media
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Digit (''Cyberchase''), a character in the TV series ''Cyberchase''
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''Digit'' (EP), by Echobelly, 2000
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''Digit'' (magazine), an Indian information technology magazine
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Liquid and digits, a type of gestural, interpretive, rave and urban street dance
See also
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Dig It (disambiguation)
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Digital (disambiguation)
Digital usually refers to something using discrete digits, often binary digits.
Technology and computing Hardware
*Digital electronics, electronic circuits which operate using digital signals
**Digital camera, which captures and stores digital i ...
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