clocks

3 definitions found

clocks - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  clocks \clocks\ n.
     1. European weed naturalized in the southwestern U. S. and
        Mexico (Erodium cicutarium), having reddish decumbent
        stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep
        reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender pinlike
        fruits that stick straight up; it is often grown for
        forage.
  
     Syn: redstem storksbill, alfilaria, alfileria, filaree,
          filaria, pin grass, pin clover, Erodium cicutarium.
          [WordNet 1.5]

clocks - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  clocks
      n 1: European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and
           Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike
           leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by
           slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for
           forage [syn: redstem storksbill, alfilaria,
           alfileria, filaree, filaria, clocks, pin grass,
           pin clover, Erodium cicutarium]

clocks - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  clocks
   n.
  
     Processor logic cycles, so called because each generally corresponds
     to one clock pulse in the processor's timing. The relative execution
     times of instructions on a machine are usually discussed in clocks
     rather than absolute fractions of a second; one good reason for this
     is that clock speeds for various models of the machine may increase
  as
     technology improves, and it is usually the relative times one is
     interested in when discussing the instruction set. Compare cycle,
     jiffy.