What is Discrete?
'''Discrete''' in science is the opposite of [[:wikt:continuous|continuous]]: something that is [[wikt:separate|separate]]; [[wikt:distinct|distinct]]; [[wikt:individual|individual]]. Discrete may refer to: *Discrete particle or [[quantum]] in physics *Discrete device, an [[electronic component]] with just one circuit element *[[Discrete mathematics]], the study of structures without continuity *Discrete [[pitch (music)|pitch]], a pitch with a steady frequency *[[Discrete cosine transform]], a math process that can be used to make files smaller {{disambig}}