A discrete system or discrete-time system, as opposed to a continuous-time system, is one in which the signals are sampled periodically. It is usually used to connote an analog sampled system, rather than a digital sampled system, which uses quantized values.

See Also

• Digital control
• Discrete time
• Sample-and-hold
• Sample time
• Sample rate
• Frequency Analysis on a sampled signal
• Z-transform