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Clock cycle

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000196

The smallest unit of time in a computer's central processing unit (CPU), representing one oscillation of the CPU's internal clock. During each cycle, the CPU can perform a basic operation or a part of a more complex instruction. The duration of a clock cycle is the reciprocal of the clock speed, measured in hertz.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000196
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectTechnical
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-000196",
  "term": "Clock cycle",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "The smallest unit of time in a computer's central processing unit (CPU), representing one oscillation of the CPU's internal clock. During each cycle, the CPU can perform a basic operation or a part of a more complex instruction. The duration of a clock cycle is the reciprocal of the clock speed, measured in hertz.",
  "subject": "Technical",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/clock-cycle/"
}

Record 216 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.