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Re:The Guardians of the French Language Are Deadlocked by pilsetnieks on Monday April 01, 2019 @08:59AM (#19542783)
In English "digital" also means related to fingers (because your hand has 5 digits.)
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Re:The Guardians of the French Language Are Deadlocked by jkepler on Monday April 01, 2019 @10:14AM (#19543416)
Yes, in contrast to "manual" (related to the hand), but in regular usage most people think of digital as a reference to non-analog technologies, not a reference to their fingers.
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