nanosecond

See also: nano-second

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Etymology

nano- +‎ second

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nanosecond (plural nanoseconds)

  1. (metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10−9 seconds. Symbol: ns
    Synonym: (abbreviation) ns
    • 2023 March 26, Alex Hern, quoting Michael Kagan, “Cryptocurrencies add nothing useful to society, says chip-maker Nvidia”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:
      “We were heavily involved in also trading: people on Wall Street were buying our stuff to save a few nanoseconds on the wire, the banks were doing crazy things like pulling the fibres under the Hudson taut to make them a little big shorter, to save a few nanoseconds between their datacentre and the stock exchange,” he said.

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