analog computer

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

analogue computer computer calculator adding machine accounting machine calculating machine computing device tabulating machine analog computer system analog computing machine analog computing system analog device analogue computer system analogue device analogue machine
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Antonyms

digital computer electronic computer digital counting device automatic electronic digital computer digital computing machine digital computing system
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Hypernyms

computer electronic computer data processor computing machine computing device information processing system

Hyponyms

slide rule slipstick differential analyzer

Related terms

computer digital computer

Examples

It was an analog computer which related vital variables of the fire control problem to the movement of one's own ship and that of a target ship. Source: Internet

Professor Wilhelm Fucks reportedly calculated the Natter's aerodynamics at the Technische Hochschule, Aachen using a large analog computer. Source: Internet

Designed to entertain the general public at Brookhaven's annual series of open houses, the game was deployed on an analog computer with graphics displayed on an oscilloscope and was dismantled in 1959. Source: Internet

History main seeAlso Tennis for Two, an early analog computer game that used an oscilloscope for a display Early games used interactive electronic devices with various display formats. Source: Internet

In such systems, the digital computer controlled the analog computer, providing initial set-up, initiating multiple analog runs, and automatically feeding and collecting data. Source: Internet

In the early 1970s analog computer manufacturers tried to tie together their analog computer with a digital computer to get the advantages of the two techniques. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

analog clock analog clock apparatus analog comparator analog computer system analog computing machine analog computing system