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Upsample vs Oversample - What's the difference?

upsample | oversample |

As verbs the difference between upsample and oversample

is that upsample is to increase the sampling rate of (a signal) while oversample is (statistics) to sample additional members of a subpopulation, above and beyond the members included in the main sample.

As a noun oversample is

(statistics) an additional sample of a subpopulation, above and beyond the portion of a main sample that already belongs to that subpopulation.

upsample

English

(Upsampling)

Verb

(upsampl)
  • To increase the sampling rate of (a signal).

    • Antonyms

    * downsample

    oversample

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (statistics) An additional sample of a subpopulation, above and beyond the portion of a main sample that already belongs to that subpopulation.

    • Verb

    (oversampl)
  • (statistics) To sample additional members of a subpopulation, above and beyond the members included in the main sample.
  • (systems) To sample a signal at a frequency well above its Nyquist rate.
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