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	An '''analog computer''' (the older, UK spelling '''analogue''' was once common) is a computer in which [[analog]] information (~~infinitely~~ variable [[voltage]], etc) is the basic data, instead of the limited discrete values used in [[digital]] computing devices. (Obviously, in actuality, all computers are 'analog' at their lowest level, since they are built out of [[electricity\|electrical]] [[circuit]]s.)		An '''analog computer''' (the older, UK spelling '''analogue''' was once common) is a computer in which [[analog]] information (arbitrarily variable [[voltage]], etc) is the basic data, instead of the limited discrete values used in [[digital]] computing devices. (Obviously, in actuality, all computers are 'analog' at their lowest level, since they are built out of [[electricity\|electrical]] [[circuit]]s.)

	One can thus think of analog computers as having as their basic data [[floating point\|real numbers]], and not the integers which are the fundamental data [[type]] supported in ordinary - i.e. non-analog - computers.)		One can thus think of analog computers as having as their basic data [[floating point\|real numbers]], and not the integers which are the fundamental data [[type]] supported in ordinary - i.e. non-analog - computers.)
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	==See also==		==See also==

	* [[Electronic Associates Inc]] - suppliers of analog ~~computer~~		* [[Electronic Associates Inc]] - suppliers of analog computers

	[[Category: Basics]]		[[Category: Basics]]

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	An '''analog computer''' (the older, UK spelling '''analogue''' was once common) is a computer in which [[analog]] information (infinitely variable [[voltage]], etc) is the basic data, instead of the limited discrete values used in [[digital]] computing devices. (Obviously, in actuality, all computers are 'analog' at their lowest level, since they are built out of electrical ~~circuits.) Their computational power is limited, but for modelling real world systems, they were important in an age when~~ [[~~digital computer~~]]s ~~had very limited power~~.		An '''analog computer''' (the older, UK spelling '''analogue''' was once common) is a computer in which [[analog]] information (infinitely variable [[voltage]], etc) is the basic data, instead of the limited discrete values used in [[digital]] computing devices. (Obviously, in actuality, all computers are 'analog' at their lowest level, since they are built out of [[electricity\|electrical]] [[circuit]]s.)

	{{stub}}		One can thus think of analog computers as having as their basic data [[floating point\|real numbers]], and not the integers which are the fundamental data [[type]] supported in ordinary - i.e. non-analog - computers.)

			'Computation' in analog computers requires use of elements such as [[amplifier]]s, which can transform one [[signal]] into another one, which has a desired relationship to the original.

			Their computational power is limited, but for modelling real world systems, they were important in an age when [[digital computer]]s had very limited power.

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	==See also==		==See also==

	* [[Electronic Associates Inc]]		* [[Electronic Associates Inc]] - suppliers of analog computer

	[[Category: Basics]]		[[Category: Basics]]

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Quick, but covers the basics

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An '''analog computer''' (the older, UK spelling '''analogue''' was once common) is a computer in which [[analog]] information (infinitely variable [[voltage]], etc) is the basic data, instead of the limited discrete values used in [[digital]] computing devices. (Obviously, in actuality, all computers are 'analog' at their lowest level, since they are built out of electrical circuits.) Their computational power is limited, but for modelling real world systems, they were important in an age when [[digital computer]]s had very limited power.

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[[Category: Basics]]

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			==See also==

			* [[Electronic Associates Inc]]

	[[Category: Basics]]		[[Category: Basics]]