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$TimeUnit

FilledSmallSquare $TimeUnit gives the minimum time interval in seconds recorded on your computer system.

FilledSmallSquare Typical values for $TimeUnit are 1/100 and 1/1000.

FilledSmallSquare $TimeUnit determines the minimum granularity of measurement in functions like Timing and Date.

FilledSmallSquare In some functions the actual time granularity may be much smaller than $TimeUnit.

FilledSmallSquare See Section 2.14.3.

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