Discrete time signal processing is for sampled signals that are considered as defined only at discrete points in time, and as such are quantized in time, but not in magnitude.
''Analog discrete-time signal processing'' is a technology based on electronic devices such as [[sample and hold]] circuits, analog time-division [[multiplexer]]s, [[analog delay line]]s and [[analog feedback shift register]]s. This technology was a predecessor of digital signal processing (see below), and is still used in advanced processing of gigahertz signals.
The concept of discrete-time signal processing also refers to a theoretical discipline that establishes a mathematical basis for digital signal processing, without taking [[quantization error]] into consideration.
