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When you have periodic events, jitter is the timing deviation from that true/presumed periodicity. | When you have periodic events, jitter is the timing deviation from that true/presumed periodicity. | ||
(Below 10Hz or so, it is sometimes called wander instead, probably more so when the underlying reason accumulates over time) | (Below 10Hz or so, it is sometimes called wander instead, probably more so when the underlying reason accumulates over time) | ||
This idea can be applied to varied things, but largely to electronic signals | |||
People also sometimes use this to indicate noise in sample values. | |||