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The 34 pages that link to Quantization (signal processing), each with the reason it gives.
Digital imageRelated: It limits each sampled pixel value to representable digital levels.
Signal processingRelated: It introduces amplitude error when analog signals are encoded digitally.
Lossy compressionRelated: Coarsening transformed values is a direct way codecs discard information.
Digital signalRelated: Quantization gives each sampled value one of the signal's permitted levels.
Analog signalRelated: Quantization removes the continuous amplitude range during digitization.
Color depthRelated: Finite bit depth forces continuous colors or intensities into discrete levels.
Digital imagingRelated: It sets the available precision for brightness and color values.
Digital dataRelated: It limits sampled measurements to representable digital values.
Heat mapRelated: Binning values into color bands makes the heat map discrete rather than continuous.
RGB color spacesRelated: Finite RGB channel bit depth limits how finely colors can be encoded.
CD playerRelated: Each stored audio sample has a limited numerical precision.
Video coding formatRelated: Lossy formats use quantization to trade fidelity for bitrate.