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The Question:

Sampling is the process of analyzing a small element of an image or sound and representing that element in a digital code. Thousands of individual samples are usually collected. They are then combined to re-create the original analog data in a digital format. One of the important factor that governing the quality of sampled media is sample resolution, which is directly related to another important issue in digital media production, quantization.