"analog computer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: analog computers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} analog computer (plural analog computers)
  1. (computing) A computer (mechanical, electrical or other) that processes using continuously varying signals rather than digital, quantized, values. Wikipedia link: analog computer Categories (topical): Computing Related terms: computer, digital computer Translations (computer that processes using continuously varying signals): analoga komputilo (Esperanto), analogiakone (Finnish), ordenador analóxico [masculine] (Galician), ანალოგური კომპიუტერი (analoguri ḳomṗiuṭeri) (Georgian), Analogrechner [masculine] (German), computador analógico [masculine] (Portuguese)

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