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Jiffy
A jiffy can mean several different time intervals:
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- A short period of time or a moment
- In computing, the duration of one tick of the system clock on your computer - see clock cycle
- In physics, the time taken for light to travel one centimetre (sometimes one foot) - see speed of light
References: FOLDOC (http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?jiffy), Jargon File (http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/jiffy)
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