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)
The digit or finger is an ancient and obsolete non- SI unit of measurement of length. It was originally based on the breadth of a human finger. It was a fundamental unit of length in the Ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Hebrew, Ancient Greek an ...
, 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
Dian Fossey (, January 16, 1932 – ) was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her murder in 1985. She studied them daily in the mountain forests of ...
, killed by poachers and buried near Fossey's grave
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Digit Fund
The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International (originally the Digit Fund) is a charity for the protection of endangered mountain gorillas. The Digit Fund was created by Dr. Dian Fossey in 1978 for the sole purpose of financing her anti-poaching patr ...
, 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
Liquid and digits is a type of gestural, interpretive, rave and urban street dance that sometimes involve aspects of pantomime. The term invokes the word ''liquid'' to describe the fluid-like motion of the dancer's body and appendages and ''digit ...
, a type of gestural, interpretive, rave and urban street dance
See also
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Dig It (disambiguation) Dig It may refer to:
* ''Dig It'' (Klaus Schulze album), 1980
* ''Dig It!
''Dig It!'' is a jazz album by The Red Garland Quintet, recorded in 1957 and 1958 but not released on the Prestige label as PRLP 7229 until 1962.
Reception
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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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