las wrote:
> But it makes no sense to me to take something that is descriptive and give it a
> name that tells you nothing. CPS means cycles per second. That makes sense and
> tells you exactly with it is. Hertz or HZ means nothing and even if you only use
> the HZ, all you are saving is one letter.
Hey, us engineers don't want just everyone to know what the stuff
means. WE go to school for that. If every bloke know what it meant we'd
be out of a job. <G>
>
> Now what about computer speed. It is also given in HZ. Since cycles per second
> is referring to sound and waves, what's it doing in computers.
Well, I'll let you in on a secret. Anything that changes with time in a
cyclic manner can be expressed in cycles per second...I mean Hertz. it
can be sound waves in air, it can be electrical signals or clock cycles
in a computer, it can be the 60hz or 50 hz of your power line or mains
as they say in some places. Heck it can even be the 4 seasons of the
year, but you have to write it in negative exponents of 10.
That will be 20 bucks please. <G>
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