analog computer

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analog computer

A computer in which numerical data is represented by measurable physical variables, such as electrical voltage or the position of a indicator.

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analog computer

(Computer Science) a mechanical, electrical, or electronic computer that performs arithmetical operations by using some variable physical quantity, such as mechanical movement or voltage, to represent numbers

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an′alog comput′er

a computer that represents data by measurable quantities, as voltages, rather than by numbers. Compare digital computer.

[1945–50, Amer.]

analog computer

A machine that works on data represented by some physical quantity which varies continuously.

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analog computer - a computer that represents information by variable quantities (e.g., positions or voltages)

analogue computer

computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically

differential analyzer - an analog computer designed to solve differential equations

slide rule, slipstick - analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations; have been replaced by pocket calculators

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analog computer

n → Analogrechner m

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analog computer

n → calcolatore m analogico

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As its subtitle suggests, RAND and the Information Evolution contains project essays and a handful of light-hearted vignettes labeled as "lore, snippets, and snapshots." Preceding those portions are chapters covering infrastructural topics: the genesis and growth of RAND and its Computer Sciences Department, with particular attention to key individuals; acquisition of early computing equipment, from the Reeves Electronic Analog Computer in the late 1940s to the JOHNNIAC digital computer in the early 1950s; and expansion over time of RAND's computing facilities at the corporation's campus in Santa Monica, California.

RAND and the Information Evolution: A History in Essays and Vignettes

A science writer takes readers on a quest to decode the Antikythera Mechanism, the first analog computer. Da Capo Press, 2009, 328 p., $25.

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It has a full suite of inputs, including USB, and is compatible with a number of analog computer input resolutions.