Sample (signal)
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A sample refers to a value or set of values at a point in time and/or space. The defining point of a sample is that it is a chosen value out of a continuous signal. The sample can be continuous-valued or discrete-valued.
A theoretical ideal sampler multiplies a continuous signal with a Dirac comb. This multiplication "picks out" values but the result is still continuous-valued. If this signal is then discretized (i.e., converted into a sequence) and quantized along all dimensions it becomes a discrete signal.
See also
- Sampling (signal processing)
- Aliasing, Anti-aliasing, Anti-aliasing filter
- Digital signal processing
- Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem
- Sampling rate
- Signal processing
- Signal (information theory)
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