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The process of converting a continuous signal to a series of 1s and 0s introduces small errors to the sound as it is recorded. What is this process called?

a binary error
a sampling error
a qualifying error
a quantization error

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a quantization error

When a continuous amplitude is mapped to discrete digital levels (binary values) the rounding introduces small errors/noise called quantization error (or quantization noise).