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Analog

 
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Analog or analogue may refer to:

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In engineering

  • Analog signal, a variable signal that is continuous in time and amplitude, as opposed to a digital or discrete signal:
    • Analog circuits, circuits which use analog signals
    • Analog computer, a computer based on continuous electrical or mechanical phenomena
    • Analog clock, a clock or watch that represents time by position on a dial
    • Analog photography, photography in which the image is recorded as an analog (as on film)
    • Analog television, television picture and sound information encoded and transmitted as an analog signal
    • Analog recording, audio or video information recorded as an analog signal

In literature and language

  • Analog, an object, concept or situation which in some way resembles a different situation:
    • Analogue (literature), a literary work that shares motifs, characters or events with another, but is not directly derived from it
    • Analogy, in language, a comparison between concepts

In science

  • Structural analog, a chemical compound with a slightly altered chemical structure
  • Functional analog, a chemical compound with similar properties
  • Substrate analog, a chemical compound that resembles the substrate in an enzymatic reaction
  • Transition state analog, a chemical compound that resembles the transition state of a substrate in an enzymatic reaction
  • Analogy (biology), biological structures which perform similar functions by similar mechanisms but evolved separately
  • Analogical models, mathematical models applied in the analysis of dynamical systems

In entertainment

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