The phrase "a digital computer that" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a specific type of computer or its functions in a sentence.
Example: "A digital computer that processes data at high speeds is essential for modern applications."
Alternatives: "a computing device that" or "a computer system that".
Starting in 1948, the structure (then known as the Barta Building) housed Project Whirlwind, a first-generation digital computer that grew out of a wartime need for a flight simulator to train bomber crews.
None of the organizations specializing in this field at the time agreed to develop within a short period a reliable [onboard] digital computer that would function for the whole active lifespan of the station". V. Poliachenko and A. Tumanov, "Upravliaemyi 'Almaz,'" Aviatsiia i kosmonavtika, no. 8 (1993): 42.
Computer science emerged as an independent discipline in the early 1960s, although the electronic digital computer that is the object of its study was invented some two decades earlier.
Computer science as an independent discipline dates to only about 1960, although the electronic digital computer that is the object of its study was invented some two decades earlier.
This contrasts with digital computers that are designed to compute.
Current industrial control system architectures are predominantly based on networked digital computers that enable reliable monitoring and control of critical functions via localized and distributed operations.
Will further development result in digital computers that fully match or even exceed human intelligence?
PLC's are digital computers that are programmed with logic to automate the production process.
Moreover, as we shall see, Turing himself thought that it would not be too long before we did have digital computers that could "do well" in the Imitation Game.
