analog

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An analog recording is one that is made by changing the sound waves into electrical signals of the same type. An analog signal is a signal of this type:

We started talking about digital versus analog recording.

The adapter converts the phone's analog signal into a digital one that can travel over the Internet.

Analog television is broadcast using analog signals, rather than using digital signals:

The Federal Communications Commission started phasing out analog TV transmission in 2006.

Customers on a budget might ignore the digital TV deadline and buy an analog set.

An analog camera or analog photography records images on film, rather than in a form that can be looked at on a computer:

We used to take photographs with an analog camera, then drop the film off at the store to be developed.

I am a photographer who adores analog photography.

An analog clock or watch shows the time using numbers around the edge and hands that point to the numbers:

Use standard analog clocks at home to help your child learn how to tell time.

something that is similar to or can be used instead of something else:

I'm a vegetarian but I don't like vegetarian sausage, fake bacon and other meat analogs.

Memes are the analogs of genes.

Analog broadcasts, the current technology, would continue side by side with digital.