Analog and Digital Signals
Less formally than the theoretical distinctions mentioned above, two main types of signals encountered in practice are analog and digital. The figure shows a digital signal that results from approximating an analog signal by its values at particular time instants. Digital signals are discrete and quantized, as defined below, while analog signals possess neither property.
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