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IS REALLY SELECTING A POINT GENERATING PROGRAM.  PICKING THE FREQUENCY
SELECTS HOW FAST THE POINTS READ OUT.  USUALLY, A MICROPROCESSOR CONTROLS
THE OPERATION, AND A DIGITAL READOUT OR A COUNTER ON THE FRONT PANEL
PROVIDES THE FREQUENCY VALUE BEING GENERATED.  EACH MANUFACTURER HAS ITS
OWN TECHNIQUES IN THE DESIGN OF THE UNIT.  FOR EXAMPLE, INTERPOLATION,
SMOOTHING, OR ENCODING MAY BE USED TO FILL IN BETWEEN GENERATED POINTS.
THE DIGITAL NUMBER DISPLAY MAY BE OFFERED AS A FREESTANDING COUNTER, AS AN
EXTRA FEATURE.  WHEN LOOKING FOR A GENERATOR TO USE IN YOUR STATION, YOU
MAY FIND THAT SEVERAL UNITS AVAILABLE ONLINE, ESPECIALLY IMPORTED UNITS,
HAVE SIMILAR FRONT PANELS AND SPECIFICATIONS.  THESE SIMILARITIES MAY LEAD
YOU TO WONDER IF THEY ARE NOT THE SAME UNIT WITH A DIFFERENT NAME PLAQUE I
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