analog computer, any of a class of devices in which continuously variable physical quantities, such as electrical potential, fluid pressure, or mechanical motion, are represented in a way analogous to the corresponding quantities in the problem to be solved. ... See also digital computer.
What are examples of analog computer?
What are examples of analog computers? Examples of Analog Computers are planimeters, nomograms, operational amplifiers, mechanical integrators, slide rules, tide pool predators, electric integrators that solve partial differential equations as well as solves algebraic equations.
What are 5 examples of analog computer?
These are examples of analog computers that have been constructed or practically used:
- Boeing B-29 Superfortress Central Fire Control System.
- Deltar.
- E6B flight computer.
- Kerrison Predictor.
- Leonardo Torres y Quevedo's Analogue Calculating Machines based on "fusee sans fin"
- Librascope, aircraft weight and balance computer.
