digital computers

Digital computers
A computer that stores data in terms of binary digits and proceeds in discrete steps from one state from one state to the next.The states of a digital computers typically involve binary digits which may take the form of of the presence of (1) or absense (0) of the magnetic markers in a storage medium,on or off switches or relays.In digital computers,even letters,words and whole texts are represented digitally.
  General purpose digital computers range from pocket sized personal,to medium-sized desktops computers,may be personal computers and workstations to large powerful computers that are shared by many users via a computer network.The vast majority of digital computers now in use are inexpensive,specific purpose microcontrollers that are emebedded often invisibly in such devices as toys,consumers electronic equipments and automobiles