ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Digital milliwatt

Okay kiddo, do you know what watts are? Watts are units of measurement for electricity. They tell us how much energy is being used or produced. Now, a digital milliwatt is a very small measurement of energy. It's like measuring something with a tiny ruler, instead of a big one. Milliwatts are 1/1000th of a watt, so they're really small.

Digital milliwatts are used when we want to know how much energy a digital device is using, like a computer or a phone. These devices don't use a lot of energy, so we need a small measurement like milliwatts to measure them accurately.

Sometimes, we might also use digital milliwatts to describe the power of a signal. You know how when you use your walkie-talkie, you need to be close to the other person so you can hear each other? That's because signals lose power the further they travel. Digital milliwatts can be used to measure the strength of the signal so we can make sure it's strong enough to be heard.

So, to sum it up, a digital milliwatt is a very small unit of measurement for electricity that we use to measure the energy used by digital devices and the strength of signals.