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jiffie

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Subject: jiffie
From: "Paul Akkermans" <paulakkermans@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 15:43:05 +0100
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Hi group,

Can anybody tell me what a jiffie is? I've been seeing this term all through the kernel code.

thanks in advance

Paul Akkermans

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