analog computer
electronic machine which is fed continuous input and which changes the input and produces a continuous output
Analog computer
An analog computer (spelled analogue in British English) is a form of
computer that uses
electrical,
mechanical or
hydraulic phenomena to model the problem being solved. More generally an analog computer uses one kind of physical quantity to represent the behavior of another physical system, or mathematical function. Modeling a real physical system in a computer is called
simulation.
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analog computer
Noun
1. a computer that represents information by variable quantities (e.g., positions or voltages)
(synonym) analogue computer
(hypernym) computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
(hyponym) differential analyzer
analog computer
A device that performs operations on
data that are represented within the device by continuous variables having a physical resemblance to the quantities being represented. Note: The earliest analog computers were constructed with purely mechanical components, such as levers, cogs, cams, discs, and gears. These components represented the quantities being manipulated or the operator-inserted values. Modern analog computers usually employ electrical parameters, such as voltages, resistances, or currents to represent the quantities being manipulated.
analog computer
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