Cyfrowa

Cyfrowa is a Polish feminine adjective meaning “digital.” It is used to describe things related to digital technologies, electronic data, or computer-based processes. The term is derived from cyfrowy (“digital”), itself formed from cyfra (“digit”) with the standard adjectival suffix; the feminine form is cyfrowa, while masculine is cyfrowy and neuter cyfrowe.

Grammatically, cyfrowa agrees with feminine nouns. Common examples include cyfrowa technologia (digital technology), cyfrowa tożsamość (digital identity), cyfrowa rewolucja (digital revolution), and cyfrowa platforma (digital platform). The expression cyfrowy/cyfrowa is widely extended in technical, economic, and public administration contexts.

In usage, cyfrowa appears in many standard phrases that frame contemporary information society. Phrases such as transformacja cyfrowa (digital transformation), gospodarka cyfrowa or cyfrowa gospodarka (digital economy), identyfikacja cyfrowa (digital identity), podpis cyfrowy (digital signature), and pieniądz cyfrowy (digital money) are common. The term also occurs in marketing and media to emphasize electronic or internet-based aspects, for example cyfrowe media or cyfrowa fotografia.

Notes on meaning and scope: cyfrowa generally contrasts with analogiczne or tradycyjne notions of technology, emphasizing digital representation, processing, and distribution of information. It is not a proper noun and is used across sectors to denote modern, digitized, and often internet-connected phenomena.