jiffy.

[Anthony Naggs]

In article <20030401100112.D31575 at squirm.dsto.defence.gov.au>,
Wilkinson,Alex <Alex.Wilkinson at dsto.defence.gov.au> writes
>erm...what are jiffies ?

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=jiffy

The last definition on the page starts:
  jiffy

  n. 1. The duration of one tick of the system clock on
  your computer (see tick). Often one AC cycle time (1/60 second in
  the U.S. and Canada, 1/50 most other places), but more recently
  1/100 sec has become common. ...


The Commodore PET, for example, called its 1/60 second clock tick a
jiffy.  Used for timing relatively short intervals.


ttfn,
Tony