Analog

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Analog or analogue^[1] may refer to:

• Analog signal, a variable signal continuous in both time and amplitude
  • Analog circuits, circuits which use analog signals
  • Analog transmission, a transmission using analog signals
  • Analog Transducer is a sensor that measures continuous information.
• Analogue (literature), a literary work that shares motifs, characters or events with another, but is not directly derived from it
• An analogy
• Analog (chemistry), a structural derivative of a parent compound that often differs from it by a single element

As a title or name:

• Analog Science Fiction and Fact, the current title of the magazine originally named Astounding Stories
• A.N.A.L.O.G. (Atari News And Lots Of Games), a magazine focusing on Atari computers
• Analog (program), a computer program that analyzes log files from web servers
• Analog Devices, a semiconductor company
• The Analogs, a Polish street-punk band
• Analogue, a 2005 album by Norwegian band a-ha
• The Federal Analog Act, a section of the DEA Controlled Substances Act

[edit] See also

• Analog hole, a "security gap" that is inevitable in attempts at copy protection of sound recordings
• Analog clock, a clock or watch that represents time by position on a dial
• Analog computer, a computer that uses electrical or mechanical phenomena
• Analog photography, photography with an analog sensor
• Analog television, a television that uses an analog signal
• Analog synthesizer, a synthesizer that uses analog circuits and analog computer techniques to generate sound electronically.
• Analogical models, applied in the analysis of dynamical systems.

[edit] Usage

^  In the U.S., the spellings analog and analogue are interchangeable for the noun (except, for example, in the literary sense above); the adjective is usually spelled analog. In the rest of the English-speaking world the spelling is usually analogue for both noun and adjective; see og/ogue. However, the spellings given above should be retained in cases where it forms part of a name or is an acronym.

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