This document discusses multi-rate digital signal processing and concepts related to sampling continuous-time signals. It begins by introducing discrete-time processing of continuous signals using an ideal continuous-to-discrete converter. It then covers the Nyquist sampling theorem and relationships between continuous and discrete Fourier transforms. It discusses ideal and practical reconstruction using zero-order hold and anti-imaging filters. Finally, it introduces the concepts of downsampling and upsampling in multi-rate digital signal processing systems.