What is the basic difference between analog and digital devices?

[Reshma]

What is the basic difference between analog and digital devices? What is the technical explanation for it?

 

[futb0l]

http://www.compukiss.com/sandyclassroom/tutorials/article273.htm

"The word DIGITAL describes any system based on discontinuous data or events. The important word here is discontinuous, which means not continuous or having breaks. The opposite of digital is analog. "

 

[Reshma]

Thanks, it was interesting!

 

[futb0l]

Yeah, it sure was. I remembered when my electronics teacher asked me about digital and analog, it was very difficult to come up with a definition.