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Computation machine that uses continuously varying data technology
An analog computer or analogue computer is a type of computation machine (computer) that uses physical phenomena such as electrical, mechanical, or hydraulic
Analog_computer
Programmable machine that processes data
Antikythera mechanism is believed to be the earliest known mechanical analog computer, according to Derek J. de Solla Price. It was designed to calculate
Computer
First working programmable, fully automatic digital computer
digital experimental model of a computer using 100 vacuum tubes in 1942, but it was lost at the end of the war. An analog computer was built by the rocket scientist
Z3_(computer)
Mathematical model of analog computers
The general purpose analog computer (GPAC) is a mathematical model of analog computers first introduced in 1941 by Claude Shannon. This model consists
General purpose analog computer
General_purpose_analog_computer
Combination of analog and digital computer
Hybrid computers are computers that exhibit features of analog computers and digital computers. The digital component normally serves as the controller
Hybrid_computer
Continuous time-varying signal
high-quality electrical components.[citation needed] Amplifier Analog computer Analog device Analog signal processing Magnetic tape Preamplifier Ferguson, Stuart;
Analog_signal
1958 video game
learning that the government research institution's Donner Model 30 analog computer could simulate trajectories with wind resistance. He designed the game
Tennis_for_Two
Analog computer animation system
Scanimate is an analog computer animation (video synthesizer) system created by Lee Harrison III of Denver, Colorado. Harrison had developed its predecessor
Scanimate
devices used for simple calculations to today's complex computers, encompassing advances in both analog and digital technology. The first aids to computation
History_of_computing_hardware
Computer-based technologies
century BC, is generally considered the earliest known mechanical analog computer, and the earliest known geared mechanism. Comparable geared devices
Information_technology
System that converts an analog signal into a digital signal
In electronics, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC, A/D, or A-to-D) is a system that converts an analog signal, such as from fingers touching a touchscreen
Analog-to-digital_converter
Series of mainframe computer models
The Reeves Electronic Analog Computer (commonly shortened REAC) was a family of early analog computers produced in the United States by Reeves Instrument
Reeves Electronic Analog Computer
Reeves_Electronic_Analog_Computer
Device that converts a digital signal into an analog signal
a digital-to-analog converter (DAC, D/A, D2A, or D-to-A) is a system that converts a digital signal into an analog signal. An analog-to-digital converter
Digital-to-analog_converter
Computer built from mechanical components such as levers and gears
machine sold in the 1960s, calculated square roots. Mechanical computers can be either analog, using continuous or smooth mechanisms such as curved plates
Mechanical_computer
Analog computer by anabrid GmbH
The Analog Thing (stylized in uppercase and abbreviated THAT) is a small universal electronic analog computer produced by anabrid GmbH in Germany. Its
The_Analog_Thing
Topics referred to by the same term
variable Analog device, an apparatus that operates on analog signals Analog electronics, circuits which use analog signals Analog computer, a computer that
Analog
Relation of types of systems with corresponding dynamics
physiological and ecological systems. When a model is run on either an analog or digital computer this is known as the process of simulation. Any number of systems
Analogical_models
Combination of analog machine and media
transmissions. An analog synthesizer is a synthesizer that uses analog circuits and analog computer techniques to generate sound electronically. The analog television
Analog_device
Ancient Greek analogue astronomical computer
Antikythera mechanism, as it is now known, was probably the world's first 'analog computer'—a sophisticated device for calculating the motions of stars and planets
Antikythera_mechanism
American physicist (1910–1994)
games for his 1958 creation of Tennis for Two, the first interactive analog computer game and one of the first electronic games to use a graphical display
William_Higinbotham
Ranged weapon assistance system
M-9 was an electronic analog fire-control computer that replaced complicated and difficult-to-manufacture mechanical computers (such as the Sperry M-7
Fire-control_system
Electromechanical analog computer
The Torpedo Data Computer (TDC) was an early electromechanical analog computer used for torpedo fire-control on American submarines during World War II
Torpedo_Data_Computer
circuitry of modern digital computers (Von Neumann Architecture example) the DDA is more accurately classified as an analog computer for the fact that its operation
Digital_differential_analyzer
Electronic analog stability computer used in the V-2 SRBM
Mischgerät design to develop the first general purpose electronic analog computer, which he used to perform 2 DOF flight simulations with examples of
Mischgerät (V-2 guidance computer)
Mischgerät_(V-2_guidance_computer)
Process of mathematical modelling, performed on a computer
1980s, however, most "analog" simulations were run on conventional digital computers that emulate the behavior of an analog computer. A special type of discrete
Computer_simulation
Early Soviet analog computer
Гидравлический интегратор Gidravlicheskiy integrator) was an early analog computer built in the Soviet Union in 1936 by Vladimir Sergeevich Lukyanov.
Water_integrator
Video signal that has been split into component channels
video is an analog video signal that has been split into two or more component channels. In popular use, it refers to a type of component analog video (CAV)
Component_video
Type of electronic circuit
process the digitized signal directly. Analog computer Analog filters (especially voltage-controlled filters) Analog signal processing Automatic gain control
Analog_multiplier
Electronic game with user interface and visual feedback
personal computer systems along keyboard and mouse controls. Common controls on the most recent controllers include face buttons, shoulder triggers, analog sticks
Video_game
Input device for a video game controller
An analog stick (analogue stick in British English), also known as a control stick, thumbstick or joystick, is an input method designed for video games
Analog_stick
2560 × 1600 @ 60 Hz in theory, although few existing WQXGA device offers analog inputs (certain Barco projectors do) Capable of higher on later Macintosh
List_of_video_connectors
German rocket engineer (1912–1996)
Hoelzer was the inventor and constructor of the world's first electronic analog computer. In October 1939, while working for the Telefunken electronics firm
Helmut_Hölzer
Sony's first handheld analog controller for the PlayStation
The Dual Analog Controller (SCPH-1150 in Japan, SCPH-1180 in the United States, and SCPH-1180e in Europe) is Sony's first handheld analog controller for
Dual_Analog_Controller
American animator
1970s, Whitney had abandoned his analog computer in favor of faster, digital processes. He taught the first computer graphics class at UCLA in 1972. The
John_Whitney_(animator)
Synthesizer that uses analog circuits
An analog synthesizer (British English: analogue synthesiser) is a synthesizer that uses analog circuits and analog signals to generate sound electronically
Analog_synthesizer
Industrial shift to information technology
which became widespread in business and government. Meanwhile, various analog computer systems used electrical, mechanical, or hydraulic systems to model
Information_Age
Middle Ages, several European philosophers made attempts to produce analog computer devices. Influenced by the Arabs and Scholasticism, Majorcan philosopher
History_of_computing
Concept in computability theory
languages. Claude Shannon's idealized analog computer can only solve algebraic differential equations, while a digital computer can solve some transcendental
Real_computation
406 mm naval gun
with an optical range finder, ballistic analog computer, and a switchboard. The rangefinder and ballistic computer permitted the turret's gun captain and
16-inch/50-caliber_Mark_7_gun
Classification of fighter aircraft c. 1970–2000
enable FBW operations, became a fundamental requirement as legacy analog computer systems began to be replaced by digital flight-control systems in the
Fourth-generation_fighter
Topics referred to by the same term
I'm Scared), a TV series episode Analog computer OK Computer, a 1997 Radiohead album Personal computer (PC) The Computer (character), a character on the
Computer_(disambiguation)
Circular slide rule used in aviation
A flight computer is a form of slide rule used in aviation and one of a very few analog computers in widespread use in the 21st century. Sometimes it is
Flight_computer
are frequently analog, consisting of the output of sensors connected to motors without any form of signal processing. Analog computer BEAM community –
Analog_robot
American semiconductor manufacturer
into electrical signals. Analog Devices has approximately 100,000 customers in the following industries: communications, computer, instrumentation, military/aerospace
Analog_Devices
American science official (1890–1974)
engineering work on analog computers, and for the memex. Starting in 1927, Bush constructed a differential analyzer, a mechanical analog computer with some digital
Vannevar_Bush
Analog computer
The VP-8 Image Analyzer was an analog computer produced by Pete Schumacher of Interpretation Systems Incorporated (ISI) in 1972. The VP-8 Image Analyzer
VP8_Image_Analyzer
Computerarchiv Muenchen, Munich - Computer, Video Games and Magazine Archive Computermuseum der Fachhochschule Kiel, Kiel de:Analog Computer Museum, Bad Schwalbach
List_of_computer_museums
recursions. The Antikythera mechanism is believed to be an early mechanical analog computer. It was designed to calculate astronomical positions. It was discovered
History_of_computer_science
Computer invented by Jacek Karpiński
AKAT-1 is a historic analog computer. Constructed in 1959 by Jacek Karpiński and Janusz Tomaszewski it was the world's first transistorised differential
AKAT-1
Discrete, discontinuous representation of information
early home computers. Analog-to-digital converter Barker code Big data Binary number Comparison of analog and digital recording Computer data storage
Digital_data
Mechanical analog computer
exponents, roots, logarithms, and trigonometry. It is one of the simplest analog computers. Slide rules exist in a diverse range of styles and generally appear
Slide_rule
Type of telephone adapter
media related to Analog telephony adapter. An analog telephone adapter (ATA) or FXS gateway is a device for connecting traditional analog telephones, fax
Analog_telephone_adapter
Roman-era shipwreck
corroded remnants of a device many regard as the world's oldest known analog computer, the Antikythera mechanism. These ancient artifacts, works of art,
Antikythera_wreck
and imagining of what computers could do. ~ Items marked with a tilde are circa dates. Biography portal Lists portal Computer Pioneer Award IEEE John
List of pioneers in computer science
List_of_pioneers_in_computer_science
smartphones etc. Lisp machine List of computer size categories Bell's law of computer classes Analog computers Feng's classification Flynn's taxonomy
Classes_of_computers
couple of weeks working with his boss to draft specifications for an analog computer that provided firing solutions for anti-aircraft guns. Later that year
M9_gun_director
ISBN 1-894959-00-0. Tomayko, James E. (1985). "Helmut Hoelzer's Fully Electronic Analog Computer". IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 7 (3): 227–240. Bibcode:1985IAHC
Timeline of computing before 1950
Timeline_of_computing_before_1950
Defunct Atari 8-bit computer magazine
ANALOG Computing was an American computer magazine devoted to Atari 8-bit computers. It was published from 1981 until 1989. In addition to reviews and
ANALOG_Computing
Fluidic analogue computer simulating the UK economy
Corkhill, 'A superb explanatory device: The MONIAC, an early hydraulic analog computer', University of Melbourne Collections, issue 10, June 2012, p.26 Bissell
Phillips_Machine
Electronic moving image
qualities. Both analog and digital video can be carried on a variety of media, including radio, magnetic tape, optical discs, computer files, and network
Video
Airborne all-weather multi-mode X-band pulse-Doppler radar
scan mode. The AWG-9 utilizes an analog computer while the APG-71 is an upgraded variant utilizing a digital computer. Both the AWG-9 and APG-71 were designed
AN/AWG-9
Early computer
The Monte Carlo trolley, or FERMIAC, was an analog computer invented by physicist Enrico Fermi to aid in his studies of neutron transport. The FERMIAC
FERMIAC
High-gain voltage amplifier with a differential input
comes from its original use of performing mathematical operations in analog computers. The voltage-feedback opamp (VFOA or VFA, the focus of this article)
Operational_amplifier
Indian computer scientist (1916–1998)
developed and constructed, in 1953-54, India's first computer (an electronic analog computer) at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Calcutta (presently
Samarendra_Kumar_Mitra
Artillery computers used by the U.S. Army
and Fundamentals of Mortar Fire Direction MIT.edu - The Mechanical Analog Computers of Hannibal Ford and William Newell GlobalSecurity - Taking Marine
Gun_data_computer
Soviet super heavy-lift launch vehicle (1965–1972)
thirty NK-15 engines, prone to individual failures, was managed by an analog computer, which shut down engines opposite the failure, to maintain attitude
N1_(rocket)
1948 book written by Norbert Wiener
chapter opens with a discussion of the relative merits of analog computers and digital computers (which Wiener referred to as analogy machines and numerical
Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine
Cybernetics:_Or_Control_and_Communication_in_the_Animal_and_the_Machine
Network that allows computers to share resources and communicate with each other
In computer science, computer engineering, and telecommunications, a network is a group of communicating computers and peripherals known as hosts, which
Computer_network
German surface-to-air missile
target. This flight path was calculated by an analog electro-mechanical Einlenk Rechner ("Initial Course Computer"). The first six seconds of missile flight
Wasserfall
Computing by new or unusual methods
the Water integrator were used effectively. An analog computer is a type of computer that uses analog signals, which are continuous physical quantities
Unconventional_computing
Turing machine for analog computers, because of a result of Shannon that identifies the outputs of the general purpose analog computer with the solutions
Universal differential equation
Universal_differential_equation
Component of the Mark 37 Gun Fire Control System
against battle damage as possible. Essentially an electromechanical analog computer, the Mark 1 was electrically linked to the gun mounts and the Mark
Mark_I_Fire_Control_Computer
Games from the 1940s to the 1970s
of knobs and switches. The device uses purely analog electronics and does not use any digital computer or memory device or execute a program. It was patented
Early_history_of_video_games
Mechanical machine for arithmetic operations for absolute calculators
simulation like an analog computer or a slide rule. Most mechanical calculators were comparable in size to small desktop computers and have been rendered
Mechanical_calculator
Astronomical instrument
sky. Its various functions also make it an elaborate inclinometer and an analog calculation device capable of working out several kinds of problems in astronomy
Astrolabe
Mechanical analogue computer to solve differential equations
world". Torque amplifier Ball-and-disk integrator General purpose analog computer Irwin, William (July 2009). "The Differential Analyser Explained".
Differential_analyser
Paper construct with rotating parts
with rotating parts. It is considered an early example of a paper analog computer. Volvelles have been produced to accommodate organization and calculation
Volvelle
American corporation
ISBN 978-0-941901-23-9. "Beckmann EASE analog computer". UB.FNWI.UVA.nl. Computer Museum at University of Amsterdam. "Beckmann EASE Computer". Digital.ScienceHistory
Beckman_Coulter
Medieval astronomical instrument
αστρολάβον) and the plane astrolabe. In a sense, the torquetum is an analog computer. The origins of the torquetum are unclear. Its invention has been credited
Torquetum
American amateur scientist and columnist
built an analog computer as a high school science fair project in 1960. While memorizing his Latin class vocabulary words, Mims conceived a computer that
Forrest_Mims
Topics referred to by the same term
Ruler or "rule"; a distance measuring device Slide rule, a mechanical analog computer Rule of inference or transformation rule, a term in logic for a function
Rule
Television that uses analog signals
Analog television (or analogue television) is the original television technology that uses analog signals to transmit video and audio. In an analog television
Analog_television
Stability criterion in control theory
analog computer to compute root loci, called a "Spirule" (after "spiral" and "slide rule"); it found wide use before the advent of digital computers.
Root_locus_analysis
German long-range ballistic missile
Spacecraft Computers from the V-2 to the Space Station, 2010, PRB Publishing, ASIN B004L626U6 Helmut Hoelzer's Fully Electronic Analog Computer used in the
V-2_rocket
Electronic timer used to detect and recover from computer malfunctions
called a computer operating properly timer (COP timer), is an electronic or software timer that is used to detect and recover from computer malfunctions
Watchdog_timer
Anti-aircraft gun
Air Force. It was the first such gun to combine a gun laying radar, analog computer (director) and an autoloader on a single carriage. The Skysweeper was
M51_Skysweeper
Electromechanical fire control computer
electromechanical fire control computers used primarily during the early part of the 20th century. They were sophisticated analog computers whose development reached
Rangekeeper
Arithmetic operation
assembly of pistons. The most common situation for a general-purpose analog computer is to add two voltages (referenced to ground); this can be accomplished
Addition
Lloyd F. Christianson and Arthur L. Adamson and began manufacturing analog computers in 1952. Their systems were used by NASA to develop space probes and
Electronic_Associates
Circular slide rule used in aviation
The E6-B flight computer is a form of circular slide rule used in aviation. It is an instance of an analog calculating device still being used in the 21st
E6B
hybrid of digital and analog computation that uses aperiodic electrical spikes, as opposed to the periodic voltages in a digital computer or the continuously
Pulse_computation
US heavy bomber aircraft, 1942
included a pressurized cabin, dual-wheeled tricycle landing gear, and an analog computer-controlled fire-control system that allowed one gunner and a fire-control
Boeing_B-29_Superfortress
Supreme, a computer filling the artificial world Primores in Lloyd Biggle, Jr.'s Watchers of the Dark (1966) WESCAC (WESt Campus Analog Computer), from John
List_of_fictional_computers
Mechanical analog computer
A tide-predicting machine was a special-purpose mechanical analog computer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, constructed and set up to predict
Tide-predicting_machine
Array of logic gates that are reprogrammable
Large scale integrated digital differential analyzers, a form of an analog computer based on digital computing elements FPGAs play a crucial role in modern
Field-programmable_gate_array
Line of gamepads developed by Sony
PlayStation family of video game consoles. It is named for vibration-feedback and analog controls. Introduced in November 1997, it was initially marketed as a secondary
DualShock
Analog computer
The Ishiguro Storm Surge Machine is an analogue computer built by Japanese oceanographer Shizuo Ishiguro. Between 1960 and 1983, it was used to model storm
Ishiguro_Storm_Surge_Computer
Electronic circuits that utilize digital signals
creating the first modern electronic AND gate in 1924. Mechanical analog computers started appearing in the first century and were later used in the medieval
Digital_electronics
Overview of and topical guide to computing
categories, of computers: Analog computer Calculator Desktop computer Desktop replacement computer Digital computer Embedded computer Home computer Laptop Mainframe
Outline_of_computing
Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun
automatically in lateral and vertical angle and at a distance. The analog computer calculated the deflection angle for the guns, taking account of the
Fliegerabwehrpanzer_68
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Merciful
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A chain, strength, a stag.
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Goddess of Fire
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Arthur's burial place.
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Blame
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In Union with Eternal Love
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a chain; strength; a stag
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Goddess of fire, Fire
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Grace. favor.
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Who beholds
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Easterner.
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, apple island.
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Grace; Favor; Similar to Anna
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Name of cupid God, Kamdev
Surname or Lastname
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English : habitational name from Anslow in Staffordshire, which is named with the Old English female personal name Eanswīth + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
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(×ַיָּלï‹×Ÿ) Variant form of Hebrew Ayal, AYALON means "deer, gazelle."
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Easterner; From the East; Dawn; Daybreak; Sunrise
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Pet form of English William, BILLY means "will-helmet."
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muirgheal “bright as the sea.†The Irish form of the name Muriel.
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Desired
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Very Beautiful
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Light; Man from Lucania; Bringer of Light
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Welsh name AFANEN means "raspberry."
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(Son of Shakuntala Bharat)
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Perpetuator of the Kuru race
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Pleasant; Gentle; Agreeable
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Female Servant of Allah; Slave of Allah
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a.
Founded on, or of the nature of, analogy; expressing or implying analogy.
pl.
of Analogy
a.
Of or belonging to analogy.
n.
The Anglo-Saxon domain (i. e., Great Britain and the United States, etc.); the Anglo-Saxon race.
a.
Of or pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or their language.
n.
A relation or correspondence in function, between organs or parts which are decidedly different.
n.
Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to anomaly.
n.
Proportion; equality of ratios.
n.
Same as Anagoge.
n.
A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue.
v. i.
To employ, or reason by, analogy.
n.
An organ which is equivalent in its functions to a different organ in another species or group, or even in the same group; as, the gill of a fish is the analogue of a lung in a quadruped, although the two are not of like structural relations.
n.
One who reasons from analogy, or represent, by analogy.
n.
A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden.
a.
Having analogy; analogous.
n.
Analogue.
n.
A word in one language corresponding with one in another; an analogous term; as, the Latin "pater" is the analogue of the English "father."
a.
Pertaining to, or situated near, the anus; as, the anal fin or glands.
n.
The quality or sentiment of being Anglo-Saxon, or English in its ethnological sense.