clock speed

English

Noun

clock speed (countable and uncountable, plural clock speeds)

1. (computing, computer hardware) The rate, measured in hertz, at which a processor performs its fundamental operations.

   Synonym: (sometimes regarded as more correct) clock rate

Related terms

• overclock

Translations

rate at which a processor performs

Chinese: Cantonese: 時鐘頻率 / 时钟频率 (si4 zung1 pan4 leot6-2) Mandarin: 時鐘頻率 / 时钟频率 (shízhōng pínlǜ), 時脈 / 时脉 (shímài), 時脈速度 / 时脉速度 (shímài sùdù) Esperanto: taktofrekvenco Finnish: kellotaajuus (fi) French: fréquence d'horloge f, fréquence de base de temps f, fréquence de base f, fréquence de synchronisation f, vitesse d'horloge f Norwegian: Bokmål: klokkefrekvens m Nynorsk: klokkefrekvens m Russian: тактовый сигнал (taktovyj signal), синхросигнал (ru) (sinxrosignal)

Further reading

• clock speed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “clock speed”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.