millisecond
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The problem happened "in the space of a millisecond", Nats said, leading to the system producing corrupted data.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Now, 200 data points are captured by sensors on the production-line machines every millisecond, and the data is processed inside the factory on a Siemens Industrial Edge Device platform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
"I would say they were a millisecond, like the fastest a camera shutter can open and close," added Wiseman, who said the flashes were "white to bluish white."
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
“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 later, I was standing inside a vintage 1980s phone booth located inside an old Greyhound bus station.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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