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A millisecond isn't long enough for the blink of an eye, but a few milliseconds may determine the winner of a swim race or a hundred-yard dash. With the ever-increasing speed of modern technology, even a millisecond has started to seem a little sluggish; computer operations are now measured in nanoseconds—that is, billionths of a second.
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Though it will mostly be used to watch movies, casual gamers could plug in a console over HDMI 2.0 but should note that input lag at 4K resolution is 17.9 milliseconds at 60 Hz.
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New Atlas, 11 Apr. 2025
The new processor enables the system to perform more than 450 billion AI inferencing operations per day, achieving latency as low as one millisecond.
—Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
According to Gibson, elite athletes such as Wayne Gretzky or Larry Bird should be able to see a pattern in the real world for 10 milliseconds and instantly know what to do.
—Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
In testing, the paralyzed patient was able to silently read full text sentences, which were then converted into speech by the AI voice with a delay of less than 80 milliseconds.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 2 Apr. 2025
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New Atlas, 11 Apr. 2025
The new processor enables the system to perform more than 450 billion AI inferencing operations per day, achieving latency as low as one millisecond.
—Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
According to Gibson, elite athletes such as Wayne Gretzky or Larry Bird should be able to see a pattern in the real world for 10 milliseconds and instantly know what to do.
—Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
In testing, the paralyzed patient was able to silently read full text sentences, which were then converted into speech by the AI voice with a delay of less than 80 milliseconds.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Millisecond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/millisecond. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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millisecond
noun
mil·li·sec·ond
ˈmil-ə-ˌsek-ənd 
also -ənt
: one thousandth of a second
Medical Definition
millisecond
noun
mil·li·sec·ond
ˈmil-ə-ˌsek-ənd, -ənt
: one thousandth of a second
—abbreviation ms, msec
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