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 leot^6-2)

  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.