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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>clocks</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="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="clock.html" title="clock"/><link rel="next" href="clone.html" title="clone"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">clocks</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="clock.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="clone.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="clocks"/><dt xmlns="" id="clocks"><b>clocks</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Processor logic cycles, so called because each generally corresponds
to one clock pulse in the processor's timing. The relative execution times
of instructions on a machine are usually discussed in clocks rather than
absolute fractions of a second; one good reason for this is that clock
speeds for various models of the machine may increase as technology
improves, and it is usually the relative times one is interested in when
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