21.   At present, MediaOne and most other cable operators are not equipped to carry this digital signal, which offers super sharp images and CD-quality sound.

22.   At Texas Instruments, he said, low memory chips prices would hurt more than growing digital signal processor demand would help.

23.   Barlage said TI could benefit by packaging digital signal processors with related equipment such as analog chips and micro controllers.

24.   Because digital signals carry bits of information that are far more compressed than those of analog signals, they can transmit much more data.

25.   Before that can happen, however, networks and local stations must spend billions of dollars on equipment that will enable them to transmit digital signals.

26.   Because digital signals are nearly impervious to interference, cable operators say digital transmission will compensate for the lost resolution.

27.   Because digital signals take up little room, there would still be plenty of the new spectrum, worth tens of billions, to auction off.

28.   Bob Dole, the former Senate majority leader, also demanded that broadcasters ought to have to bid for digital signals.

29.   A digital TV signal is compressed, meaning that it is reduced to a fraction of its original size before it is transmitted.

30.   A digital signal can carry much more information than analog.