EOS digital ISO - what changes?

[Ken Durling]

Can anyone briefly explain or point me to a site that explains what we are 
changing when we change ISO on a digital camera?  Is it a change in some 
amplifier gain?  And what actually causes the attendant "noise?"

Thanks
Ken

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