What is digital?

Digital is like using numbers and symbols to show information instead of drawing pictures or writing letters.

Imagine you have a bag of marbles, each one is a different color. If you want to tell someone how many red marbles you have, you could count them out loud: “1, 2, 3…” That’s like being digital! You’re using numbers instead of showing the actual marbles.

In digital world, everything is made up of 0s and 1s, like a game of lights. If you think about a flashlight, when it's on, that's like a 1, and when it’s off, that's like a 0. Computers use these 0s and 1s to show pictures, play music, or even write stories.

It’s easier for computers to understand numbers than letters or drawings. Just like how you might count your toys instead of drawing them all out, it’s quicker and simpler!

So when you watch a video on a phone or listen to music on a tablet, that's the digital world working its best!