:nano: /nan'oh/ [CMU: from `nanosecond'] n. A brief period of
time. "Be with you in a nano" means you really will be free
shortly, i.e., implies what mainstream people mean by "in a
jiffy" (whereas the hackish use of `jiffy' is quite different ---
see {jiffy}).
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
time. "Be with you in a nano" means you really will be free
shortly, i.e., implies what mainstream people mean by "in a
jiffy" (whereas the hackish use of `jiffy' is quite different ---
see {jiffy}).
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- nano /nan'oh/ n.
[CMU: from `nanosecond'] A brief
period of time.
"Be with you in a nano" means you really will be ... - jiffy: n. 1. The duration of one tick of the system clock on the
computer (see {tick}).
Often one AC cycle time (1/60 second in the U.S... - jiffy n.
1. The duration of one tick of the system clock on
your computer (see tick).
Often one AC cycle time (1/60 second in the U.S... - A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of
a second... - Lenny: Hey: nice threads.
Homer: Whew, I'm beat. And after work I've got to dedicate a new Jiffy
Lube and cohost the Ace Awards.
Lenny: Wow! Jiffy Lube! Carl: Boy, you're really... - tick: n. 1. A {jiffy} (sense 1). 2. In simulations,
the discrete unit of time that passes between iterations... - pico-: [SI: a quantifier
meaning * 10^-12]
pref.
Smaller than {nano-}; used in the same rather loose... - Marge: Say, I've got a neat idea! Why don't you go in and pick up my
mother and we'll all go out to dinner?
Abe: I'll be back in a jiffy! [comes back with... - Jiffy:
The time it takes for light to go one centimeter in...
