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4 Digital Electronics 4.1 THE DIGITAL IDEA 4.1.1 What is a Digital Signal ⑴ A Historical Example. “Listen my children and you shall hear / Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere…”According to Longfellow ˊs poem, Paul Revere（保罗. 利维尔） was sent riding through the New England countryside by a signal from the bell tower of the Old North Church in Boston. “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 （康珂——地名） by the road from Boston, and two lights were to be displayed if they w