Clocks

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clocks
       n : 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}, {pin grass}, {pin clover}, {Erodium
           cicutarium}]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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}.