Electrical Engineering Glossary Definition for PCM

Definition

Pulse-Code Modulation (PCM) is the conversion of an analog signal (e.g. audio) into digital, binary (0 or 1), coded pulses, decreasing noise susceptibility. PAM, PFM and PWM are examples of PCM methods.

Synonyms

• Pulse Code Modulation

See Also

• PWM
• PFM
• Pulse-Amplitude Modulation
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