Analogue Technology Digital Technology Cuneiform writing (c. 3400 B.C.) – Not digital– Used wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets to represent language in a continuous, analog way. Sundial (c. 1500 B.C.) – Not digital– Measured time based on the continuous position of...
Being “digital” refers to the use of discrete, binary data to represent, process, and communicate information. In digital systems, information is encoded in binary code (using ones and zeros), which can be easily manipulated, stored, and transmitted by...