On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 21:20:51 UTC, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

*A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

Actually, it was originally 1/120 - double the U.S. line frequency - I
think.

Oh, and 'me too' with the comments about Dr. Evil!
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