Summary Flashcards
Being continuous or having continuous values.
Analog
Related to digits or discrete quantities; having a set of discrete values.
Digital
Having two values or states; describes a number system that has a base of two and utilizes 1 and 0 as its digits.
Binary
A binary digit, which can be a 1 or a 0.
Bit
A sudden change from one level to another, followed after a time, called the pulse width, by a sudden change back to the original level.
Pulse
A basic timing signal in a digital system; a periodic waveform used to synchronize actions.
Clock
A logic circuit that performs a basic logic operations such as AND or OR.
Gate
A basic logic function that performs inversion.
NOT
A basic logic operation in which a true (HIGH) output occurs only when all input conditions are true (HIGH).
AND
A basic logic operation in which a true (HIGH) output occurs when when one or more of the input conditions are true (HIGH).
OR
A category of digital integrated circuits having functions that cannot be altered.
Fixed-function logic
A category of digital integrated circuits capable of being programmed to perform specified functions.
Programmable logic