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quantize definition - telecom
To express in multiples of a quantum number, in other words an integer or basic unit. In telecommunications, the term refers to the conversion of the amplitude of an analog sine wave into a digital signal, which necessarily requires expressing the amplitude value in binary terms. See also quantizing noise.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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