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This is as opposed to analog information, which is continuous quantity information with no minimal unit of increase.
While this theoretically means that digital information will never be as accurate as analog information, in practical applications, analog information ultimately will have to be approximated, as neither computers nor humans are capable of infinite-accuracy calculations. This means that in actual practice, digital information will set the standards for accuracy to which analog information will ultimately have to comply.
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'''Digital''' information is discrete quantity information. This is to say that the quantity increases or decreases in fixed units, and units of measurement smaller than this fixed unit of increase are not possible.This is as opposed to analog information, which is continuous quantity information with no minimal unit of increase.
While this theoretically means that digital information will never be as accurate as analog information, in practical applications, analog information ultimately will have to be approximated, as neither computers nor humans are capable of infinite-accuracy calculations. This means that in actual practice, digital information will set the standards for accuracy to which analog information will ultimately have to comply.
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