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Originally Posted by elemenoP
But as people pointed out in the comments in the "old people icons" article, digital is inherently abstract (1s and 0s), so there are very few new idioms to replace the old ones. Hence the old ones stick around long after they have real meaning.
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1s and 0s aren't abstract; they're very specific, an exact number for an exact value; as opposed to analog, which is designed to land you "somewhere around" your target with some margin of error assumed... analog is much more abstract, whereas digital is accuracy. Just sayin'.
And the thing about new idioms is... they eventually become old idioms.