millisecond

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“As a user,” Krug argues, “I should never have to devote a millisecond of thought to whether things are clickable—or not.”

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

A millisecond used to be a big deal for the world’s quickest traders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

Dr Hanel said: "To operate from the US to Scotland with a 120 millisecond lag - a blink of an eye - is truly remarkable."

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

The source of this mysterious light has remained uncertain, leaving two main possibilities: it could stem from the collision of dark matter particles or from rapidly spinning neutron stars known as millisecond pulsars.

From Science Daily • Oct. 18, 2025

The millisecond I’d found out that Mrs. B was an aerospace engineer at NASA, I’d known we would be friends.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas