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[ all the articles for analog vs analogue deleted ]

Oooooh, I tried not to, I really tried not to.

 But I had to.

I ran webster on both analog and analogue and yes both are
there, BUT THEY"RE DIFFERENT!

to wit:

an.a.logue \'an-<\e>l-,<o.>g, -,<a:>g\ n (1826)
 [F analogue, fr. analogue analogous, fr. Gk analogos]
    1: something that is analogous or similar to something else
    2: an organ similar in function to an organ of another animal or plant 
    but different in structure and origin
    3: a chemical compound structurally similar to another but differing 
    often by a single element of the same valence and group of the periodic 
    table as the element it replaces
    4: a synthetic food product made of vegetable matter (as soybeans) 
    and used as a meat substitute

and:

2 an.a.log \'an-<\e>l-,<o.>g, -,<a:>g\ adj (1946)
    1: of, relating to, or being an analogue
    2a: being or relating to a mechanism in which data is represented by 
    continuously variable physical quantities
    2b: of or relating to an analog computer
    2c: being a watch having hour and minute hands


In other words, and according to _AN AMERICAN DICTIONARY_,
analog can mean analogue, but not necessarily the other way
round.


And does this mean that early computers were made from
soybeans?


			- peterd


P.S. I'm really sorry, I just couldn't help myself.
Really, don't flame, I just throw them away anyways...


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