Say you have something in an analog format, and you want to digitize it. How would you go about doing that? For this example, say we want to digitize regular things like text and sound, something we are very used to. For the text, we may want to scan a picture of the text and then port that to digital device like a computer. For audio, you do the same thing but record it instead and then place it on a computer. Okay, you’ve got your digital objects, what does this actually do to them? Because the objects or items we once had utilized infinite states and now are limited to a defined amount of states, the accuracy and quality of these items may have diminished. The amount they have diminished depends on how many states our digital format has, the higher the better! If our text had been ported to a screen, now instead of finding smooth curves and ridges, you will be able to zoom in and see the individual pixels. For the audio, when it is slowed down enough, there will be gaps in the audio showing the in-betweens that were not possible to capture in a digital format.
