Nanosecond

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nanosecond
       n : one billionth of a second; one thousandth of a microsecond

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  nanosecond


       
           (ns) 10^-9 seconds; one thousand millionth part of a
          second.
       
          This is the unit in which the fundamental logical operations
          of modern digital circuits are typically measured.  For
          example, a {microprocessor} with a {clock} frequency of 100
          {megahertz} will have a 10 nanosecond clock period.
       
          (1996-11-15)