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aren't logged in. (Guest)   1  Analog computers were used to
solve sets of generic simultaneous differential equations, to
compute trigonometric functions, to perform coordinate
transformations, multiplication, integration and similar tasks
in real time. These computers used analog building blocks, as
integrators, summing amplifiers, logarithmic amplifiers,
function generators, and electromechanical sensors, actuators or
displays. Analog computers offered several advantages over
digital ones: they were faster, simpler, lighter and more
reliable. Their limit was in the moderate accuracy, 0.5% or
less, usually obtainable. Many analog computers were smal