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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>tick</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="../T.html" title="T"/><link rel="previous" href="thunk.html" title="thunk"/><link rel="next" href="tick-list-features.html" title="tick-list features"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">tick</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="thunk.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">T</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="tick-list-features.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="tick"/><dt xmlns="" id="tick"><b>tick</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. A <a href="../J/jiffy.html"><i class="glossterm">jiffy</i></a> (sense 1). </p></dd><dd><p> 2. In simulations, the discrete unit of time that passes between
iterations of the simulation mechanism. In AI applications, this amount of
time is often left unspecified, since the only constraint of interest is
the ordering of events. This sort of AI simulation is often pejoratively
referred to as <span class="firstterm">tick-tick-tick</span>
simulation, especially when the issue of simultaneity of events with long,
independent chains of causes is <a href="../H/handwave.html"><i class="glossterm">handwave</i></a>d. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. In the FORTH language, a single quote character.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="thunk.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../T.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="tick-list-features.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">thunk </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> tick-list features</td></tr></table></div></body></html>