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Glossary: System Design Basics in Go

units of time (ms, µs, ns)

Also written: millisecond, microsecond, nanosecond, ms, µs, ns

A millisecond (ms) is a thousandth of a second, a microsecond (µs) a millionth and a nanosecond (ns) a billionth. Latency is measured in these tiny units.

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