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28 December 2023

7 October 2023

  • curprev 18:2218:22, 7 October 2023‎ Helpful talk contribs‎ 986 bytes +986‎ Created page with "<!-- '''In computing''', a jiffy is the time between a particular regular low-level interrupt. It's cheap because there is no timekeeping going on, making them cheap and convenient timekeeping for e.g. timeouts. The actual time length is not settled. In linux, the size of a jiffy is determined by the value of the kernel constant HZ, which has varied with kernel versions, and hardware platforms. On x86 it was often 100 up to 2.4.something, after which it could be at..."
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