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  One can describe an instruction as taking so many `clock cycles'....
• cycle: 1. n. The basic unit of computation. What every hacker wants more of (noted hacker Bill Gosper describes himself as a "cycle junkie").
  One can describe an instruction as taking so many `clock cycles'....
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  -- Old Testament -- Isaiah xlii, 3...
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