The units of time range from the infinitesimally brief to the interminably long. ... In computer science, an interval of 10 milliseconds is known as a jiffy. TENTH OF A SECOND.

The promise of so-called “quantum advantage” is simple. By harnessing the counterintuitive rules of quantum mechanics, ...

One of the most frequently touted measures of processor performance is a given chip's speed in gigahertz. Processors with higher GHz ratings can, theoretically, do more in a given unit of time ...

Scientists have demonstrated time reversal in a quantum computer, returning three qubits (the basic unit of quantum information) to their state a fraction of a second earlier.

Facebook announces that it has invented a new unit of time. A ‘Flick’ is 1/705,600,000 of a second and designed to help sync video frame rates.

Days, months, and years all make sense as units of time—they match up, at least roughly, with the revolutions of Earth, the moon, and the sun. Weeks, however, are much weirder and clunkier. A ...