Talk:Digital clock
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The following statement from the article is wrong. It is a misnomer:
- "Analog clock with digital display / This type of clock is a variant of the digital clock that displayed time digitally but kept the time mechanically."
Does mechanical equal analog? Does electronic equal digital? The answer is NO.
This is apparently a misnomer gotten from this Web page:
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/digital-clock1.htm
If the clock uses an hour and minute hand, it is analog. If it displays the time in digits, it is digital. You can count the cycles in the 60Hz electric power for either type of clock. Digital watches usually count the cycles of a vibrating crystal of quartz. That's mechanical! So would you say that digital watches are really analog? Of course not. Non-electronic digital clocks have been around for decades. Some computer programs display an analog clock, even though it is electronic in origin. You wouldn't call that a digital clock now, would you?
Yes, this misnomer in the article (quoted above) is from a "reference", but not a very good one!!!
AEF -- 2007-07-08 21:01 UTC
[edit] This is
a terrible article. "Digital clocks are portable." Huh?; "invented in 1956, but seen in 1934"???
