In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Wilkinson,Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >erm...what are jiffies ?
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=jiffy The last definition on the page starts: jiffy n. 1. The duration of one tick of the system clock on your computer (see tick). Often one AC cycle time (1/60 second in the U.S. and Canada, 1/50 most other places), but more recently 1/100 sec has become common. ... The Commodore PET, for example, called its 1/60 second clock tick a jiffy. Used for timing relatively short intervals. ttfn, Tony _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
