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jiffy
noun- a moment, a short space of time UK, 1785 Also shortened to “jiff”.
- Hang on a jiff though, will you? — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
- [W]e go’a pick up her mum from Harlesden [...]–When?–In a jiffy. — Nick Barlay, Curvy Lovebox, p. 54, 1997
- in computing, a tick of the computer clock, usually one millisecond US
- “The swapper runs every six jiffies” means that the virtual memory management routine is executed once for every six ticks of the computer’s clock, or ten times a second. — Guy L. Steele et al., The Hacker’s Dictionary, p. 85, 1983
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