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It doesn't use a digital display, so how can it be considered digital?
by webkike 11y ago
It doesn't use a digital display, so how can it be considered digital?
- dandelany 11y ago"Digital [adj]: (of a clock or watch) showing the time by means of displayed digits rather than hands or a pointer."
- usrusr 11y agoImagine the confusion in an alternate universe where the clockmakers of old decided to call the pointing sticks "fingers" instead of "hands".
- soperj 11y agoI think scoreboards would be considered digital displays even if they use lights to make the numbers.
- deleted 11y ago[deleted]
- tyingq 11y agoFWIW, It's not just the AtlasObscura writer. NASA calls it analog on the page referenced: "Workers remove the analog countdown clock from its mount..."
- mintplant 11y agoDigital. Digit-al. It displays the time in terms of digits.
- InclinedPlane 11y agoDoes it display digits?
- lambda 11y agoA digital clock is a type of clock that displays the time digitally (i.e. in numerals or other symbols), as opposed to an analog clock, where the time is indicated by the positions of rotating hands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_clock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_clock