analog computer
noun
: a computer that operates with numbers represented by directly measurable quantities (such as voltages or rotations) compare digital computer, hybrid computer
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Among other achievements, Garwin worked with Fermi to build an analog computer to visualize the solutions to the Schrödinger equation, a key equation in quantum physics that defines the motion of particles.
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Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
The team hopes their Paul Trap could be used as an analog computer, allowing researchers to predict how proteins fold and assemble themselves efficiently.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
One example of an analog computer is a mechanical clock.
—New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2025
The mind actually functions more like an analog computer.
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Bush, while on the faculty at MIT, designed and built a pioneering analog computer.
—L. Rafael Reif, Foreign Affairs, 6 May 2025
Beginning in the early 1950s, Gilbert was involved in developing analog computer and aircraft simulation research programs at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2019
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Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
The team hopes their Paul Trap could be used as an analog computer, allowing researchers to predict how proteins fold and assemble themselves efficiently.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
One example of an analog computer is a mechanical clock.
—New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2025
The mind actually functions more like an analog computer.
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Bush, while on the faculty at MIT, designed and built a pioneering analog computer.
—L. Rafael Reif, Foreign Affairs, 6 May 2025
Beginning in the early 1950s, Gilbert was involved in developing analog computer and aircraft simulation research programs at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2019
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