analog computer

1. 1.

   a computer that represents information by variable quantities (e.g., positions or voltages)

   Synonymsanalogue computer

   Broadercomputer

   Narrowerdifferential analyzerslide rule

Questions about analog computer

What does analog computer mean?

analog computer means "a computer that represents information by variable quantities (e.g., positions or voltages)".

What is another word for analog computer?

Close synonyms include analogue computer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is analog computer a common word?

analog computer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.