DEPARTMENT OF

CS&IT

SUBJECT
Operating System

SUBMITTED BY:
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Muhammad Waseem

SUBMITTED TO:
Sir Abdul Samee

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What is Clock?
In general, the clock refers to a microchip that regulates the timing and
speed of all computer functions. Within this chip is a crystal that vibrates at
a specific frequency when electricity is applied. The shortest time any
computer is capable of performing is one clock, or one vibration of the clock
chip. The speed of a computer processor is measured in clock speed, for
example, 1 MHz is one million cycles, or vibrations, a second. 2 GHz is two
billion cycles, or vibrations, a second.

What is the clock cycle?

The speed of a computer processor, or CPU, is determined by the clock cycle, which
is the amount of time between two pulses of an oscillator. Generally speaking, the
higher number of pulses per second, the faster the computer processor will be able to
process information.

What is clock Speed?

In a computer, clock speed refers to the number of pulses per second generated by an
oscillator that sets the tempo for the processor. Clock speed is usually measured in
MHz (megahertz, or millions of pulses per second) or GHz (gigahertz, or billions of
pulses per second).

What is System Clock?

Every modern PC has multiple system clocks. Each of these vibrates at a
specific frequency, normally measured in MHz (megahertz, or millions of
cycles per second). A clock "tick" is the smallest unit of time in which
processing happens, and is sometimes called a cycle; some types of work can
be done in one cycle while others require many. The ticking of these clocks is
what drives the various circuits in the PC, and the faster they tick, the more
performance you get from your machine (other things being equal).

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