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From: Mathew Hendry
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 16:30

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Peter Beck (peterbe@cogs.susx.ac.uk) wrote:
: The definition of noise that I gave was that noise in general is 
: usually white noise, or random noise like white noise within the frequency 
: spectra in which we are interested.

"like white noise"? It's either white or it isn't. In the case of quantization
the noise is most certainly not white.

:                The amount of time taken to convert an Analogue signal into 
: Digital is completely random,

No, it is not. It is a direct function of the input signal, except in the case
of a flash converter, where it is effectively constant.

: An ideal system implies that there is no noise or distortion,

No, it does not.

-- Mat.

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