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n. 1. A jiffy (sense 1). 2. In simulations, the discrete unit of time that
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passes between iterations of the simulation mechanism. In AI applications,
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this amount of time is often left unspecified, since the only constraint of
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interest is the ordering of events. This sort of AI simulation is often
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pejoratively referred to as tick-tick-tick simulation, especially when the
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issue of simultaneity of events with long, independent chains of causes is
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handwave d. 3. In the FORTH language, a single quote character.
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