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tapped-potentiometer function generator [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Systems Analysis (Information Processing)
DEF

A device used in analog computers for representing a function of one variable, consisting of a potentiometer with a number of taps held at voltages determined by a table of values of the variable; the input variable sets the angular position of a shaft that moves a slide contact, and the output voltage is taken from the slide contact.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Analyse des systèmes informatiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Análisis de los sistemas de informática
DEF

Dispositivo utilizado en las computadoras (ordenadores) analógicas para generar funciones de una sola variable, en donde la variable de salida establece la posición angular del eje de un potenciómetro.

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