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nanosecond


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nanosecond 
  n  :  one  billionth  of  a  second  one  thousandth  of  a  microsecond 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  nanosecond 
 
    ns  10^-9  seconds;  one  thousand  millionth  part  of  a 
  second 
 
  This  is  the  unit  in  which  the  fundamental  logical  operations 
  of  modern  digital  circuits  are  typically  measured.  For 
  example,  a  {microprocessor}  with  a  {clock}  frequency  of  100 
  {megahertz}  will  have  a  10  nanosecond  clock  period. 
 
  (1996-11-15) 
 
 




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