nanosecond
See also: nano-second
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[edit]nanosecond (plural nanoseconds)
- (metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10−9 seconds. Symbol: ns
- Synonym: (abbreviation) ns
- 2007 September 11, John Markoff, “Redefining the Architecture of Memory”, in The New York Times[1]:
- Since the tiny magnetic domains have to travel only submolecular distances, it is possible to read and write magnetic regions with different polarization as quickly as a single nanosecond — far faster than existing storage technologies.
- 2023 March 26, Alex Hern, quoting Michael Kagan, “Cryptocurrencies add nothing useful to society, says chip-maker Nvidia”, in The Guardian[2], →ISSN:
- “We were heavily involved in also trading: people on Wall Street were buying our stuff to save a few nanoseconds on the wire, the banks were doing crazy things like pulling the fibres under the Hudson taut to make them a little big shorter, to save a few nanoseconds between their datacentre and the stock exchange,” he said.
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[edit]measure of time
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