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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>clocks</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="clock.html" title="clock"/><link rel="next" href="clone.html" title="clone"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">clocks</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="clock.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="clone.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="clocks"/><dt xmlns="" id="clocks"><b>clocks</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Processor logic cycles, so called because each generally corresponds
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to one clock pulse in the processor's timing. The relative execution times
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of instructions on a machine are usually discussed in clocks rather than
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absolute fractions of a second; one good reason for this is that clock
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speeds for various models of the machine may increase as technology
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improves, and it is usually the relative times one is interested in when
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discussing the instruction set. Compare <a href="cycle.html"><i class="glossterm">cycle</i></a>,
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<a href="../J/jiffy.html"><i class="glossterm">jiffy</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="clock.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../C.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="clone.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">clock<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>clone</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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