Dave's Garden FAQ: What are "jiffies" and why do we have a timer?

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Author Content tcfromky Mercer, PA (Zone 5a) May 27, 2004 10:08 PM Post #886220 What does it mean? I like Jiffy peanut butter. :~) Timer: 22.65 jiffies (0.22652411460876). kooger Oostburg, WI (Zone 5b) May 28, 2004 12:23 PM Post #887000 Hi tc, there's a thread on the Dave's Garden forum called New Member Page that deals with jiffies. It's posted on Feb. 6, '04. Either go there or put jiffies in the search and it comes up as the third link. I should do a link for you but still haven't gotten around to reading the 'how to' on that. :( tcfromky Mercer, PA (Zone 5a) May 28, 2004 05:17 PM Post #887213 Thanks Kooger! I found the following quote from Horseshoe, he's such a cool dude. "Jiffies" a dave-ism meaning a very short span of time, as in "be there in a jiffy!" I appreciate you tellin me how to find out what it meant kooger. TC... dave Jacksonville, TX (Zone 8a) June 01, 2004 04:29 PM Post #892803 Literally, a jiffy is 1/100th of a second. 100 jiffies means 1 second. It tells me (and you) how long the computer took to generate and serve that webpage to you. dave tcfromky Mercer, PA (Zone 5a) June 01, 2004 07:37 PM Post #893009 Would that be using the geologic time scale Dave? ;~) Thanks Dave, your answer was quite adequate. In fact it was very much so, if I may correct myself. TC... dave Jacksonville, TX (Zone 8a) June 01, 2004 08:24 PM Post #893064 Interesting. I just looked up jiffy on dictionary.com for fun, and they agree! :) jiffy 1. The duration of one tick of the computer's system clock. Often one AC cycle time (1/60 second in the US and Canada, 1/50 most other places), but more recently 1/100 sec has become common. tcfromky Mercer, PA (Zone 5a) June 01, 2004 10:23 PM Post #893161 Well say no more Dave. Interesting indeed. TC... Zanymuse Scotia, CA (Zone 9b) June 18, 2005 04:21 AM Post #1556579 That is interesting. The term "In a jiffy" has been around for a lot more years than computers but now it has a precise duration added to bring it up to date. tcfromky Mercer, PA (Zone 5a) June 18, 2005 09:23 AM Post #1556766 I wonder if it had anything to do with peanut butter? kooger Oostburg, WI (Zone 5b) June 18, 2005 09:25 AM Post #1556773 Probably not - takes a whole lot more than a Jiffy to get peanut butter down! lol tcfromky Mercer, PA (Zone 5a) June 18, 2005 10:16 AM Post #1556874 Lol Koog! ;~) SudieGoodman Broaddus, TX (Zone 8b) November 10, 2005 02:03 PM Post #1868088 8b Lake Sam Rayburn, Southeast, TX An interesting thread, indeed. However, I must get back outside & move potted plants into green house. In a jiffy, we'll have our first, frost.

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