nanosecond
Light's foot-travel time
A nanosecond is one billionth of a second—a unit of time so brief it's meaningful only in computing and physics.
Light travels about one foot in a nanosecond.
Figuratively, nanosecond suggests extreme brevity: I'll be there in a nanosecond, He didn't hesitate for a nanosecond.
Trillionth of a second
- microsecondOne-millionth of a second
- millisecondTiny time unit
- femtosecondQuadrillionth of a second
- attosecondQuintillionth of a second
instant · moment · flash · blink · jiffy · tick · twinkling · trice
Component that executes instructions
- latencyDelay in system response
- cacheConcealed storage spot
- CPUMain computing chip
- RAMTemporary data storage hardware
bandwidth · throughput · gigahertz · megahertz · transistor · semiconductor · microchip · circuit
Electromagnetic radiation unit
- electronNegative subatomic particle
- particleMinute piece of matter
- quantumSmallest discrete unit
- oscillationRepeated back-and-forth movement
wavelength · frequency · cesium · radiation · electromagnetic · decay · measurement · precision
Degree of correctness
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- synchronizationAligning timing across systems
- timingArt of choosing moments
- measurementDetermining size or amount
exactitude · resolution · sensitivity · instrumentation · oscilloscope · GPS · scientific · laboratory
picosecond
Trillionth of a second
- microsecondOne-millionth of a second
- millisecondTiny time unit
- femtosecondQuadrillionth of a second
attosecond · instant · moment · flash · blink · jiffy · tick · twinkling · trice · heartbeat
processor
Component that executes instructions
RAM · bandwidth · throughput · gigahertz · megahertz · transistor · semiconductor · microchip · circuit · silicon
photon
Electromagnetic radiation unit
oscillation · wavelength · frequency · cesium · radiation · electromagnetic · decay · measurement · precision · relativity
accuracy
Degree of correctness
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- synchronizationAligning timing across systems
- timingArt of choosing moments
measurement · exactitude · resolution · sensitivity · instrumentation · oscilloscope · GPS · scientific · laboratory · engineering