RSSTrivia: Jiffy is an Actual Unit of Time!
By Alex in Daily Trivia on Jan 29, 2008 at 4:08 am
A jiffy is actually an actual unit of time. It’s 1/100th of a second!
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A jiffy is actually an actual unit of time. It’s 1/100th of a second!
Doi Lei
It’s actually 1/60 of a second.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiffy_%28time%29
Pudifoot
If google doesn’t recognize it as a unit of time, then I don’t either!
Man or Monster
Aaaaactuuuaaallyyyy… it’s 3 × 10-24 seconds, or 1/60 of a second, or 1/50 of a second, or 0.01 seconds (which turns out to be… wait for it… 1/100 of a second). Perhaps you should fully parse a Wikipedia article before trying to correct someone next time.
Sid Morrison
I’ve got better ones:
Jerk is the first derivative of acceleration (i.e. how fast acceleration is changing). Makes sense? Now let’s go further…
“Snap”, “Crackle” and “Pop” are (respectively) the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th derivatives of acceleration. Terminology for these 3 aren’t 100% universally accepted, but they are commonly used in the realm of design of mechanical systems, especially cams.
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