analog transmission Transmission of a continuously variable signal as opposed to a discretely variable one.

analog value A continuously variable value, such as a current or voltage.

Analytical Engine An early form of general-purpose digital computer invented in 1833 by Charles Babbage.

analyzer 1. An instrument or other device designed to examine the functions of components, circuits, or systems and their relations to each other, as contrasted with an instrument designed to measure some specific parameter of such a system or circuit. 2. Of computers, a routine the purpose of which is to analyze a program written for the same or a different computer. This analysis may consist of summarizing instruction references to storage and tracing sequences ...

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