Digital vs. Analog Explained

Nearly everything can be described as either digital or analog. To understand the difference, it helps to start with how each handles information, especially when noise (interference or distortion) is involved. For example, televisions before 2009 were analog rather...

What Does a Loom Have to Do with the Internet?

The journey to the digital world we live in today started long before the invention of the internet. At its core, information is order and structure, a fundamental part of our universe – just think of our DNA. The invention of the written word allowed us to store...

What “Digital” Really Means

To be digital means that there is a finite number of possibilities, rather than an infinite amount.  The English alphabet is a good example because there are only 26 letters. Imagine you are reading a note with messy or smudged handwriting. You would still be able to...