Computer Science GCSE
Analogue to digital conversion
What Analogue to digital conversion means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Analogue to digital conversion
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Reference: OCR
A microphone converts the sound wave into a varying analogue voltage, and an analogue-to-digital converter measures that voltage at regular intervals.
Topics that use Analogue to digital conversion
- Data storage (OCR GCSE)
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