what are gigahertz?

Question

what are gigahertz?

Answer 1

gigahertz





One billion cycles per second

Answer 2

Edit: Sorry, a little tired. The one below is right about the speed.



When it relates to computers, it refers to the proccesors clock speed, which is an entirely different subject. Here is an article on Central Proccesing Units , the proccesors in computers.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_processing_unit#Clock_rate



Hope this helps a bit :)

Answer 3

giga means billion



a gigaherts is 1 billion cycles per second

or

1,000,000,000 cycles/sec

or

1.0x10^9 cycles per sec