Questions about equivalents of audio/video and digital/analog.

Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> wrote:
>I like your categories. It is possible in concept to
>have a signal that is quantized in magnitude and
>continuous in time, but (unless we resort to counting
>electrons) I don't think it's possible in practice.

If you quantize the magnitude, it is digital.  That is
by definition.

-- 
Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)              floyd@apaflo.com

Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> wrote:
>I like your categories. It is possible in concept to
>have a signal that is quantized in magnitude and
>continuous in time, but (unless we resort to counting
>electrons) I don't think it's possible in practice.

If you quantize the magnitude, it is digital.  That is
by definition.

-- 
Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)              floyd@apaflo.com

Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> wrote:
>I like your categories. It is possible in concept to
>have a signal that is quantized in magnitude and
>continuous in time, but (unless we resort to counting
>electrons) I don't think it's possible in practice.

If you quantize the magnitude, it is digital.  That is
by definition.

-- 
Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)              floyd@apaflo.com

Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> wrote:
>I like your categories. It is possible in concept to
>have a signal that is quantized in magnitude and
>continuous in time, but (unless we resort to counting
>electrons) I don't think it's possible in practice.

If you quantize the magnitude, it is digital.  That is
by definition.

-- 
Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)              floyd@apaflo.com

Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> wrote:
>I like your categories. It is possible in concept to
>have a signal that is quantized in magnitude and
>continuous in time, but (unless we resort to counting
>electrons) I don't think it's possible in practice.

If you quantize the magnitude, it is digital.  That is
by definition.

-- 
Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)              floyd@apaflo.com

Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> wrote:
>I like your categories. It is possible in concept to
>have a signal that is quantized in magnitude and
>continuous in time, but (unless we resort to counting
>electrons) I don't think it's possible in practice.

If you quantize the magnitude, it is digital.  That is
by definition.

-- 
Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)              floyd@apaflo.com

Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> wrote:
>I like your categories. It is possible in concept to
>have a signal that is quantized in magnitude and
>continuous in time, but (unless we resort to counting
>electrons) I don't think it's possible in practice.

If you quantize the magnitude, it is digital.  That is
by definition.

-- 
Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)              floyd@apaflo.com

Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> wrote:
>I like your categories. It is possible in concept to
>have a signal that is quantized in magnitude and
>continuous in time, but (unless we resort to counting
>electrons) I don't think it's possible in practice.

If you quantize the magnitude, it is digital.  That is
by definition.

-- 
Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)              floyd@apaflo.com

Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> wrote:
>I like your categories. It is possible in concept to
>have a signal that is quantized in magnitude and
>continuous in time, but (unless we resort to counting
>electrons) I don't think it's possible in practice.

If you quantize the magnitude, it is digital.  That is
by definition.

-- 
Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)              floyd@apaflo.com

Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> wrote:
>I like your categories. It is possible in concept to
>have a signal that is quantized in magnitude and
>continuous in time, but (unless we resort to counting
>electrons) I don't think it's possible in practice.

If you quantize the magnitude, it is digital.  That is
by definition.

-- 
Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)              floyd@apaflo.com