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Re: Jiffy Ques.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David E. Fox)
Mon Nov 9 19:56:27 1998
From: "David E. Fox" <dfox@belvdere.vip.best.com>
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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 16:40:38 -0800
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On Mon, 09 Nov 1998, Joshi, Vivek wrote:
>I am just curious as to what a jiffy is and what relation it has to a
>timer/clock tick.
A jiffy is a clock tick -- 1/100 sec on Intel systems.
Any knowledge of the etymology? I don't think it has much to do with
Jiffy pop popcorn (yum) :)
>Vivek
>
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