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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>tick</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../T.html" title="T"/><link rel="previous" href="thunk.html" title="thunk"/><link rel="next" href="tick-list-features.html" title="tick-list features"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">tick</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="thunk.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">T</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="tick-list-features.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="tick"/><dt xmlns="" id="tick"><b>tick</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. A <a href="../J/jiffy.html"><i class="glossterm">jiffy</i></a> (sense 1). </p></dd><dd><p> 2. In simulations, the discrete unit of time that passes between
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iterations of the simulation mechanism. In AI applications, this amount of
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time is often left unspecified, since the only constraint of interest is
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the ordering of events. This sort of AI simulation is often pejoratively
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referred to as <span class="firstterm">tick-tick-tick</span>
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simulation, especially when the issue of simultaneity of events with long,
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independent chains of causes is <a href="../H/handwave.html"><i class="glossterm">handwave</i></a>d. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. In the FORTH language, a single quote character.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="thunk.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../T.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="tick-list-features.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">thunk<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>tick-list features</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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