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clock skew

clock skew noun: a phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times due to gate or wire signal propagation delay.

Noun

clock skew (plural clock skews)

  1. A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times due to gate or wire signal propagation delay.

Forms of clock skew

pluralclock skews

Questions about clock skew

What does clock skew mean?
Clock skew means a phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times due to gate or wire signal propagation delay.
What part of speech is clock skew?
Clock skew is a noun.
What is the plural of clock skew?
The plural of clock skew is clock skews.

Words near clock skew in the dictionary

  1. clock radios
  2. clock rate
  3. clock rates
  4. clock signal
  5. clock signals
  6. clock skew
  7. clock skews
  8. clock speed
  9. clock speeds
  10. clock star
  11. clock stars

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