Digital Weight Indicator also commonly called Weight Indicator is a system of indication or recording of the selector type or one that advances intermittently in which all values are presented digitally, or in numbers. In a digital indicating or recording element, or in digital representation, there are no graduations. The National Conference on Weights and Measures (NWCM) lists these device types as “Indicating Elements” in its certificate databases.

The National Conference on Weights and Measures have categorized Digital Weight Indicator as a Verified Conformity Assessment Program (VCAP). A program has been proposed by the National Conference on Weights and Measures to ensure compliance of certain device types with environmental requirements