This document provides an overview of digital filters, including common filter types, difference equations, and diagram representations. It discusses low pass, high pass, band pass, and band stop filters. Filters are defined by their frequency response and can be implemented using difference equations in either recursive or non-recursive form. Difference equations can be represented using diagrams with delay, coefficient multiplication, and summer elements. The impulse response and step response are also introduced as ways to characterize a filter or system.