digital analog computer
1analog computer — Computer Com*put er (k[o^]m*p[=u]t [ e]r), n. 1. One who computes. 2. (Computers) an electronic device for performing calculations automatically. It consists of a clock to provide voltage pulses to synchronize the operations of the devices within …
2analog computer — ☆ analog computer n. a computer for processing data represented by a continuous physical variable, as electric current: cf. DIGITAL COMPUTER …
3Analog computer — An analog computer (spelt analogue in British English) is a form of computer that uses continuous physical phenomena such as electrical, [Universiteit van Amsterdam Computer Museum, (2007)] mechanical, or hydraulic quantities to model the problem …
4analog computer — a computer that represents data by measurable quantities, as voltages or, formerly, the rotation of gears, in order to solve a problem, rather than by expressing the data as numbers. Cf. digital computer. [1945 50, Amer.] * * * Computer in which… …
5Analog-Computer — Analogcomputer oder Analogrechner sind Rechner, die Berechnungen auf der Basis zu den Problemstellungen gleichartig wirkender mechanischer oder elektrischer Vorgänge bzw. Abbildungen durchführen. Bei Analogrechnern wird die Eigenschaft ausgenutzt …
6analog computer — noun a computer that represents information by variable quantities (e.g., positions or voltages) • Syn: ↑analogue computer • Hypernyms: ↑computer, ↑computing machine, ↑computing device, ↑data processor, ↑elec …
7analog computer — noun A computer (mechanical, electrical or other) that processes using continuously varying signals rather than digital, quantized, values. See Also: computer, digital computer …
8analog computer — noun Date: 1948 a computer that operates with numbers represented by directly measurable quantities (as voltages or rotations) compare digital computer, hybrid computer …
9analog computer — /ˌænəlɒg kəmˈpjutə/ (say .anuhlog kuhm pyoohtuh) noun a type of computer in which information is represented by directly measurable, continuously varying quantities (as voltages, resistances, or rotations). Compare digital computer. Also,… …
10analog computer — an′alog comput′er n. cmp a computer that represents data by measurable quantities, as voltages, rather than by numbers Compare digital computer • Etymology: 1945–50, amer …
