Jiffy (time)
Jiffy is an informal term for any unspecified short period of time, as in "I will be back in a jiffy". From this it has acquired a number of more precise applications for short, very short, or extremely short periods of time. First attested in 1785, the word's origin is unclear, though one suggestion is that it was thieves' cant for lightning.
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Jiffy (time)
Jiffy is an informal term for any unspecified short period of time, as in "I will be back in a jiffy". From this it has acquired a number of more precise applications for short, very short, or extremely short periods of time. First attested in 1785, the word's origin is unclear, though one suggestion is that it was thieves' cant for lightning.
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Ein Jiffy bezeichnet im Englis ...... dwareabhängige Maßeinheit dar.
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Jiffy is an informal term for ...... s thieves' cant for lightning.
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Jiffy is een informele term vo ...... gt ze tussen de 1 ms en 10 ms.
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Ein Jiffy bezeichnet im Englis ...... gene Zeitmessung erlaubt wird.
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Jiffy is an informal term for ...... s thieves' cant for lightning.
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Jiffy is een informele term vo ...... gt ze tussen de 1 ms en 10 ms.
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Jiffy (tijd)
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Jiffy (time)
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Jiffy
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