Difference between digital and analog signal?

Answer:
Analog signals are continuous where digital signals are discrete. Anolog signals are continuously varying where digital signals are based on 0's and 1's (or as often said------- on's and off's). As an analogy, consider a light switch that is either on or off (digital) and a dimmer switch (analog) that allows you to vary the light in different degrees of brightness. As another analogy, consider a clock in which the second hand smoothly circles the clock face (analog) versus another clock in which the second hand jumps as each second passes (digital). Digital computers work with a series of 0's and 1's to represent letters, symbols, and numbers. In addition, numbers are represented by using the binary code (where only 0's and 1's are used).

Number Binary equivalent
1----------------------------------------------1
2---------------------------------------------10
3---------------------------------------------11
4--------------------------------------------100
5--------------------------------------------101
6--------------------------------------------110
7--------------------------------------------111
8-------------------------------------------1000

and so on. So each number (that we are accustomed to, such as 5) is represented by 0's and 1's. Morse code uses dits (or dots) and dashes. Digital signals are similar to Morse code. The signal is either a dit or a dash for Morse code and it is either a 0 or 1 for digital. A series of these dits and dashes might represent SOS to a navy radio man, and a series of 0's and 1's might represent the question mark to a computer.
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