tick
1. A jiffy (sense 1). 2. In simulations, the discrete unit of time that passes
between iterations of the simulation mechanism. In AI applications, this amount
of time is often left unspecified, since the only constraint of interest is the
ordering of events. This sort of AI simulation is often pejoratively referred to
as "tick-tick-tick" simulation, especially when the issue of simultaneity of
events with long, independent chains of causes is handwaved. 3. In the FORTH
language, a single quote character.
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