The discussion of analog versus digital isn’t something I had thought about before. This discussion seems to take place every class period, and each time I have learned something new. Some of the major advantages of digital are that the signal moves so that the errors within can be detected and then corrected. The fact that the system can correct itself is pretty interesting. This is not the same for an analog signal; the errors continue.
Also, for digital, the message is independent of the medium. This means that the message will be sent or conveyed regardless of the form it is in. This is true for the telegraph. The telegraph was created to send messages and adapted to a new language called “Morse Code”. The telegraph used a digital signal where a user would input the desired message as dots and dashes. This was quick point-to-point contact. The telegraph is digital because there is a finite range of inputs and outputs to the device. The machine will make the dot and dash sounds, and that is all.
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