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• ick n. 1. A jiffy (sense 1). 2. In simulations, the discrete unit of time that passes between iterations of the simulation mechanism.
  In AI applications, this amount of time is often left unspecified, since the only constraint of interest is the ordering of events....
• 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....
• wall time: n. (also `wall clock time') 1. `Real world' time (what the clock on the wall shows), as opposed to the system clock's idea of time.
  2. The real running time of a program, as opposed to the number of {tick}s required to execute it (on a timesharing system these always differ, as no one program gets all the ticks, and on multiprocessor systems with good thread support one may get more processor time than real time)....
• 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....
• Tick - Tock, Tick - Tock. Time is wasting away...
• ick-list features: [Acorn Computers] n. Features in software or hardware that customers insist on but never use (calculators in desktop TSRs and that sort of thing).
  The American equivalent would be `checklist features', but this jargon sense of the phrase has not been reported....
• epoch: [UNIX: prob. from astronomical timekeeping] n.
  The time and date corresponding to 0 in an operating system's clock and timestamp values....
• virtual reality: n. 1. Computer simulations that use 3-D graphics and devices such as the Dataglove to allow the user to interact with the simulation.
  See {cyberspace}. 2. A form of network interaction incorporating aspects of role-playing games, interactive theater, improvisational comedy, and `true confessions' magazines....
• wish list: n. A list of desired features or bug fixes that probably won't get done for a long time
  usually because the person responsible for the code is too busy or can't think of a clean way to do it....