Digit ratio — Not to be confused with Benford s law about the frequencies of leading digits of numbers. Hand with index finger being shorter than the ring finger, resulting in a small 2D:4D ratio, pointing to a high exposure to testosterone in the uterus. The… … Wikipedia
Digit (unit) — For other uses, see digit. Detail of the Ancient Egyptian cubit rod in the Museo Egizio of Turin, showing digit, palm, hand and fist lengths The digit or finger is an ancient and obsolete non SI unit of measurement of length. It was originally… … Wikipedia
digit — [15] Digit was borrowed from Latin digitus. This meant ‘finger or toe’, but its underlying etymological sense is probably ‘pointer’; it appears to come from an Indo European base *deik , which also produced Latin dicere ‘say’ (originally ‘point… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
digit — [15] Digit was borrowed from Latin digitus. This meant ‘finger or toe’, but its underlying etymological sense is probably ‘pointer’; it appears to come from an Indo European base *deik , which also produced Latin dicere ‘say’ (originally ‘point… … Word origins
digit — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin digitus finger, toe; perhaps akin to Greek deiknynai to show more at diction Date: 14th century 1. a. any of the Arabic numerals 1 to 9 and usually the symbol 0 b. one of the elements that combine to… … New Collegiate Dictionary
digit — unit of length equal to 3/4 of an inch Units of Measurement … Phrontistery dictionary
Check digit — A check digit is a form of redundancy check used for error detection, the decimal equivalent of a binary checksum. It consists of a single digit computed from the other digits in the message. With a check digit, one can detect simple errors in… … Wikipedia
Numerical digit — The ten digits of the Arabic numerals, in order of value. A digit is a symbol (a numeral symbol such as 3 or 7 ) used in combinations (such as 37 ) to represent numbers in positional numeral systems. The name digit comes from the fact that the 10 … Wikipedia
Seven-digit dialing — 7 digit dialing is a popular term referring to the traditional convention in the United States and Canada for dialing local phone calls. It is also sometimes known as local format or network format .Within the multi national calling area… … Wikipedia
36-bit word length — Many early computers aimed at the scientific market had a 36 bit word length. This word length was just long enough to represent positive and negative integers to an accuracy of ten decimal digits (35 bits would have been the minimum). It also… … Wikipedia
