clock tick

基本解释

The default value for this interval is a single clock tick (10 milliseconds).
此时间间隔的默认值为单个指令周期（10 毫秒）。
In the same continuous clock tick as a person is different environment to learn new knowledge.
就像时钟在不断滴答一样，一个人也在不同的环境中学习新的知识。
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In order to increase the speed of computing, time-parallel is mainly used to decrease clock tick in pipeline processing. Pipeline processing is an economical and practical parallel technology.
流水计算机处理方式主要利用并行性中的时间并行来缩短时钟周期，达到提高运算速度的目的，是一种经济而又实用的并行技术。

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