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About these units
Millisecond (ms)
A millisecond is one thousandth of a second (10⁻³ s) and is widely used in computing, acoustics, engineering, human physiology, and real-time data processing. Human reaction times fall roughly between 100–300 milliseconds, making the ms an intuitive unit for expressing biological responsiveness. Musicians and audio engineers rely on milliseconds to define echo delays, reverb times, and audio compression parameters. In computing and network communications, milliseconds determine response latency, server performance, and frame times in video rendering. Systems such as financial trading, multiplayer gaming, and robotics depend heavily on millisecond-scale precision. The millisecond bridges human perceptual limits and the faster, computation-driven processes that shape modern technology.
Year (Leap) (y (leap))
A leap year contains 366 days, occurring roughly every four years in the Gregorian calendar to correct for the fact that a tropical year is not exactly 365 days. Leap years prevent seasonal drift by compensating for the extra 0.2422 days in each solar year. Without leap-year corrections, seasons would shift by one full day every four years, eventually placing summer in December over the course of centuries. Leap years are essential to maintaining synchrony between human calendars and Earth's orbital mechanics, illustrating how civil timekeeping must regularly adjust for astronomical reality.