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数字电子学 授课教师：任爽 4.1 The Digital Idea 4.1.1 What is a Digital Signal (1)A Historical Example. “Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere…” “One if by land and two if by sea.” That is, one light was to be displayed if the British forces were advancing toward Concord by the road form Boston, and two lights were to be displayed if they were crossing the Mystic River to take an indirect route. The message received by the Patriot was coded in digital form. We would say today that the two “bits” of information were conveyed by the code (strictly speaking,