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Digital Technology: Capabilities and Limitations

Digital Technology: Capabilities and Limitations
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Author(s): Philip A. Houle (Drake University, USA)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 18
Source title: Digital Product Management, Technology and Practice: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Troy J. Strader (Drake University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-877-3.ch001

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Abstract

Digital technologies are at the heart of all modern communication and information systems. The technologies have evolved from expensive component devices to current inexpensive systems used by everyone. This chapter examines digital technology in terms of its capabilities and limitations. It attempts to answer the following questions: What is digital technology? How does digital technology represent characters, symbols, and language? How does digital technology represent sound, images, and video? How does digital technology store and transmit these types of information? Finally, this chapter explores limitations of digital technology.

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