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| * 260 to 480 microseconds - return trip ICMP ping time, including operating system kernel TCP/IP processing and answer time, between two gigabit ethernet devices connected to the same local area network switch fabric. | |||
| * 277.8 microseconds – a fourth (a 60th of a 60th of a second), used in astronomical calculations by ] and ] in 1000 and 1267 AD, respectively.<ref>{{cite book | * 277.8 microseconds – a fourth (a 60th of a 60th of a second), used in astronomical calculations by ] and ] in 1000 and 1267 AD, respectively.<ref>{{cite book | ||
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A microsecond is an SI unit of time equal to one millionth (0.000001 or 10 or 1⁄1,000,000) of a second. Its symbol is μs, sometimes simplified to us when Unicode is not available.
A microsecond is equal to 1000 nanoseconds or 1⁄1,000 of a millisecond. Because the next SI prefix is 1000 times larger, measurements of 10 and 10 seconds are typically expressed as tens or hundreds of microseconds.
Examples
- 1 microsecond (1 μs) – cycle time for frequency 1×10 hertz (1 MHz), the inverse unit. This corresponds to radio wavelength 300 m (AM medium wave band), as can be calculated by multiplying 1 μs by the speed of light (approximately 3.00×10 m/s).
- 1 microsecond – the length of time of a high-speed, commercial strobe light flash (see air-gap flash).
- 1.8 microseconds – the amount of time subtracted from the Earth's day as a result of the 2011 Japanese earthquake.
- 2 microseconds – the lifetime of a muonium particle
- 2.68 microseconds – the amount of time subtracted from the Earth's day as a result of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
- 3.33564095 microseconds – the time taken by light to travel one kilometer in a vacuum
- 5.4 microseconds – the time taken by light to travel one mile in a vacuum (or radio waves point-to-point in a near vacuum)
- 8.01 microseconds – the time taken by light to travel one mile in typical single-mode fiber optic cable
- 10 microseconds (μs) – cycle time for frequency 100 kHz, radio wavelength 3 km
- 18 microseconds – net amount per year that the length of the day lengthens, largely due to tidal acceleration.
- 20.8 microseconds – sampling interval for digital audio with 48,000 samples/s
- 22.7 microseconds – sampling interval for CD audio (44,100 samples/s)
- 38 microseconds – discrepancy in GPS satellite time per day (compensated by clock speed) due to relativity
- 50 microseconds – cycle time for highest human-audible tone (20 kHz)
- 50 microseconds – to read the access latency for a modern solid state drive which holds non-volatile computer data
- 100 microseconds (0.1 ms) – cycle time for frequency 10 kHz
- 125 microseconds – sampling interval for telephone audio (8000 samples/s)
- 164 microseconds – half-life of polonium-214
- 240 microseconds – half-life of copernicium-277
- 250 microseconds – cycle time for highest tone in telephone audio (4 kHz)
- 260 to 480 microseconds - return trip ICMP ping time, including operating system kernel TCP/IP processing and answer time, between two gigabit ethernet devices connected to the same local area network switch fabric.
- 277.8 microseconds – a fourth (a 60th of a 60th of a second), used in astronomical calculations by al-Biruni and Roger Bacon in 1000 and 1267 AD, respectively.
- 489.67 microseconds – time for light at a 1550 nm frequency to travel 100 km in a singlemode fiber optic cable (where speed of light is approximately 200 million meters per second due to its index of refraction).
- The average human eye blink takes 350,000 microseconds (just over 1⁄3 second).
- The average human finger snap takes 150,000 microseconds (just over 1⁄7 second).
- A camera flash illuminates for 1,000 microseconds.
- Standard camera shutter speed opens the shutter for 4,000 microseconds or 4 milliseconds.
- 584542 years of microseconds fit in 64 bits: (2**64)/(1e6*60*60*24*365.25)
See also
References
- Gross, R.S. (14 March 2014). "Japan quake may have shortened Earth days, moved axis". JPL News. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- Buis, Alan (January 10, 2005). "NASA Details Earthquake Effects on the Earth". NASA. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
- MacDonald, Fiona. "Earth's Days Are Getting 2 Milliseconds Longer Every 100 Years". ScienceAlert. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
- Richard Pogge. "GPS and Relativity". Retrieved 2011-10-01.
- Intel Solid State Drive Product Specification
- al-Biruni (1879). The chronology of ancient nations: an English version of the Arabic text of the Athâr-ul-Bâkiya of Albîrûnî, or "Vestiges of the Past". Translated by Sachau C Edward. W. H. Allen. pp. 147–149. OCLC 9986841.
- R Bacon (2000) . The Opus Majus of Roger Bacon. translator: BR Belle. University of Pennsylvania Press. table facing page 231. ISBN 978-1-85506-856-8.
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