Glossary

     


    Definition

    A/D or D/A converter: An electronic circuit that converts analog signals to digital, or vice-versa.

    An analog signal is a continuously varying voltage or current. Its digital counterpart is a stream of digital numbers, each representing the amplitude of the analog signal at a moment in time.

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