OK, this has caused me to consult the American Heritage Dictionary, and it defines 'discrete' as 1) Constituting a separate thing; individual; distinct. 2) Consisting of unconnected distinct parts.
I believe the "secret" implication is caused by confusion with the adjetive 'discreet' - Having or showing a judicious reserve in one's speech or behavior. (but not necessarily 'secret'). So my study tells me that "discrete" is a perfectly good term for describing digital samples of a signal, they are each a separate thing - we do not have to remember 'discretized' or whatever that strange word was. 73, Don W3FPR Radio Amateur N5GE wrote: > On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:21:07 -0800 (PST), Bill W4ZV > <btipp...@alum.mit.edu> wrote: > > Interesting. It's not found in the Oxford English Dictionary, > http://www.oup.com/, which I believe is the standard. It appears in > Wikipedia which anyone can add content to... > > Thanks for the link to the Professor Irwin stuff, Bill. > > Sorry about the off topic thread. My email to Dr. Ragle was intended > to be private, but he did not see it that way. > > My apologies to all. > > >> Radio Amateur N5GE wrote: >> >> >>> What does the word discretized mean? >>> >> I always consult The World's Foremost Authority for such questions: >> >> http://www.videosurf.com/video/professor-irwin-corey-at-the-cutting-room-nyc-53354277 >> >> :-) >> >> 73, Bill >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.791 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2773 - Release Date: 03/27/10 > 03:32:00 > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
