Literary notes about analog (AI summary)
The word analog appears in literature with a broad range of applications. In many science-fiction narratives and factual essays published under the banner of Analog Science Fact & Fiction, it serves as both the title and the contextual backdrop for imaginative exploration of technology and the future [1], [2], [3]. At the same time, the term is employed in a literal technological sense—describing signals, devices, or systems that process continuous data, such as in discussions of telecommunication systems or analog-to-digital conversions [4], [5]. Beyond its technical usage, writers also use analog in a more metaphorical capacity to evoke ideas of continuity and fluidity in thought and culture, contrasting with the discrete nature of digital processes [6], [7]. Thus, analog functions as a multifaceted term, bridging the gap between technological discourse and broader literary symbolism [8], [9].
- A SLAVE IS A SLAVE BY H. BEAM PIPER Transcriber's Note This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction April 1962.
— from A Slave is a Slave by H. Beam Piper - Combat Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction October 1960.
— from Combat by Mack Reynolds - The Lost Kafoozalum Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction October 1960.
— from The Lost Kafoozalum by Pauline Ashwell - The phone network relies on analog signals, which on an oscilloscope would look like a series of waves.
— from Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation - It is a device that converts digital data from a computer or terminal into analog data that can be sent over telephone lines.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - Herein again, the mind prefers the analog, the continuous, rather than the digitally discreet.
— from Terminal Compromise by Winn Schwartau - Roughly—for the analog itself is rough—the same things occurs in the human mind.
— from What The Left Hand Was Doing by Randall Garrett - analogôn tô Pheidia, to d' haima tô kêrô proseoiken.
— from Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen - Physically, then, Spencer Candron, was a fine analog of the Society.
— from What The Left Hand Was Doing by Randall Garrett
