Analogue / Digital Data

Question 0

What is digital data?

Answer 0

Data with distinct values

Question 1

What is analogue data?

Answer 1

A range of values along a scale. Continuous data.

Question 2

Why does analogue data need to be converted to digital data for a computer to understand it?

Answer 2

A computer is a digital device so it can only process digital data. Any data from the outside world needs to be converted into binary digits