Analog and Digital Signal Vocabulary Review

Relating to a signal that is either high or low, on or off

• digital

• analog

• voltage

• diode

• noise

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Relating or using signals or information represented by a continuously variable physical quantity such as spatial position or voltage

• digital

• analog

• voltage

• current

• infinity

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A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place

• wave

• transmission

• capacitor

• amplitude

• infinity

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A system in which numbers are represented using only the digits 0 and 1

• binary systems

• resistor

• capacitor

• transmission

• infinity

For a wave or vibration, the maximum displacement on either side of the equilibrium (midpoint) position

• binary systems

• resistor

• amplitude

• converter

• diode

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The process of broadcasting something by radio, television, etc. or something which is broadcast

• transmission

• digital

• analog

• interference

• diode

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limitless

• transmission

• infinity

• analog

• resistor

• voltage

the amount of work to be done to move a charge from one point to another along an electric circuit - measured in volts (V)

• diode

• waves

• analog

• resistor

• voltage

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the flow of electric charge

• noise

• interference

• analog

• current

• voltage

An electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current

• resistor

• interference

• analog

• amplitude

• converter