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There is no formal definition of a jiffy. In electronics, it can refer to the period of the alternating current cycle. In most countries, the AC supply is at 50 or 60 Hz so that a jiffy is 1/50 or 1/60 of a second.

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A fancy way of saying "a very short time". Wiktionary defines jiffy as: "A very short, unspecified length of time."

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an imprecise measure of time, a moment

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Is jiffy a number?

it is a real fraction of time


How quick is a jiffy?

a jiffy is a 100th of a second. Correction: a jiffy is 16.7 milliseconds, approximately 1/60th of a second. In computers, a jiffy is 55 ms (1/18 sec). This is the length of a time sharing block of time on DOS and Windows computers.


Is jiffy one-hundredth of a second?

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I will be back in a jiffy.However, that's a bit of an exaggeration, as a jiffy is 1/100th of a second.


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Jiffy is a puppet created by ventriloquist Terry Fator, who won the second season of "America's Got Talent" in 2007. Jiffy is a cowboy character with a southern accent and is known for his comedic performances alongside Terry Fator.


What is 3 billionths of a jiffy?

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What is the algorithm for dividing a fraction by a fraction?

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