nanosecond

From 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

   • 2007 September 11, John Markoff, “Redefining the Architecture of Memory”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 9 November 2020:

     Since the tiny magnetic domains have to travel only submolecular distances, it is possible to read and write magnetic regions with different polarization as quickly as a single nanosecond — far faster than existing storage technologies.

   • 2023 March 26, Alex Hern, quoting Michael Kagan, “Cryptocurrencies add nothing useful to society, says chip-maker Nvidia”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →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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