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  • noun Plural form of microsecond.

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Examples

  • The computer, with unarguable precision had gone through his portfolio in microseconds and had determined that he was four-thousand-two hundred and eighty-three pounds thirteen pence poorer than he had been twenty-four hours earlier.

    A Happy Day in the Microchip Future « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2007

  • OLED televisions offer a number of advantages over current technologies as these TVs are just 3 millimetres thick, offer a contrast ratio (the ratio between white and black) at 1,000,000: 1 (!) and response times measured in microseconds instead of milliseconds, so fast motion isn’t an issue.

    Sony readies first OLED TV for consumers | Sync Blog 2007

  • The cat explodes off her bed on my desk, changing instantly from a curled up sleeping position to flying cat position in microseconds.

    Screams Heard From Online Bloggers « Lorelle on WordPress 2005

  • For HPC cluster applications, the T4 reduces RDMA latency from about six microseconds in the T3 to two microseconds, which is expected to be lower than InfiniBand DDR solutions.

    ThomasNet News - Today's New Product News ThomasNet News 2010

  • Before it's delivered, each Fast Trade route is tested for its exact round trip delay, to the nearest 100 microseconds, which is then guaranteed in the SLA for that specific service.

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2010

  • (The latency on this test was under 200 microseconds, which is kind of slow compared to other tests Red Hat ran, which are discussed below.)

    The Register 2009

  • State switching is fast, on the order of a few microseconds, which is why Mirasol can do video.

    Ars Technica 2009

  • (The latency on this test was under 200 microseconds, which is kind of slow compared to other tests Red Hat ran, which are discussed below.)

    The Register 2009

  • Timestamp information is recorded in nanoseconds (yes, you read that right, nanoseconds), so we divide it by a thousand to get it in microseconds, which is what the Enterprise Manager will expected. mysql*::: query-done / self - > query!

    Planet MySQL 2008

  • The spec sheets also say it will trigger in microseconds which is at least 100 times faster than you need even at 18 fps.

    VideoHelp.com Forum 2009

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