ANALOGUE COMPUTERS

Introduced: September 1968

Classification Context

Section:: PHYSICS
Class:: COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
Subclass:: ANALOGUE COMPUTERS

Description

G06G covers analogue computing devices and systems that process continuous physical quantities (such as voltage, current, mechanical displacement, or fluid pressure) to perform mathematical operations and solve problems. This subclass encompasses analogue computers using electronic circuits, mechanical components, or hybrid technologies for applications including differential equation solving, simulation, control systems, and scientific computation. The classification excludes digital computers (G06F) and hybrid systems primarily classified elsewhere, focusing instead on machines where the computation directly represents mathematical relationships through proportional physical phenomena.

Scope Notes

Limiting references: Analogue optical computing devices

Related Keywords

CIRCUITS for analogue computingCOMPUTING by mechanical means only, in analogue fashionCOMPUTING electrically in analogue fashionINPUT for analogue computersOUTPUT for analogue computerselectric analogue SIMULATORSSTORES for storage of data combined with analogue computers

5 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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G06G 1/00 Hand-manipulated computing devices
G06G 3/00 Devices in which the computing operation is performed mechanically
G06G 5/00 Devices in which the computing operation is performed by means of fluid-pressure elements
G06G 7/00 Devices in which the computing operation is performed by varying electric or magnetic quantities
G06G 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass