Physics A-Level
bit depth
What bit depth means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of bit depth
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The number of bits per sample; increasing it increases the number of quantisation levels and reduces the step size between adjacent levels.
Topics that use bit depth
Related terms
- Analogue and digital signals
- Analogue data collection
- Automatic and remote monitoring
- Bit rate
- Number of bits per sample
- Potential divider circuits
- Quantisation
- Sampling
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