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 pinlike fruits that stick straight up; often

grown for forage [syn: {redstem storksbill}, {alfilaria},

{alfileria}, {filaree}, {filaria}, {pin grass}, {pin

clover}, {Erodium cicutarium}]

clock

A processor's clock or one {cycle} thereof. The relative

execution times of instructions on a computer are usually

measured by number of clock cycles rather than seconds. One

good reason for this is that {clock rate}s for various models

of the computer may increase as technology improves, and it is

usually the relative times one is interested in when

discussing the {instruction set}.

(1994-12-16)