- Amplitude is quantized: Imagine a set of bins stacked on one another. Quantization is the process of measuring the amplitude of the waveform and binning it, assigning a numerical value by using the number of the bin closest to it in height.
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I gotta admit the bin example is a little confusing to me. The reason you quantize to my knowledge is that you need to turn the wave analog signal into a digital signal. You assign a numerical value to each point on the wave corresponding to its loudness (amplitude). The louder the signal the higher the value, and the more bins need to be stacked up or whatever.
I agree Blake, bins confuse the hell outta me!
For a second there, I thought of Scott Bakula 
