"clock generator" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: clock generators [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} clock generator (plural clock generators)
  1. (computing, electronics) a circuit that produces a timing signal for use in synchronizing a circuit's operation. Wikipedia link: clock generator Categories (topical): Computing, Electronics Related terms: clock signal Translations (circuit): Taktgeber [neuter] (German), 클럭발생부 (keulleok-balsaengbu) (Korean), generator de tact [neuter] (Romanian), generator de impuls [neuter] (Romanian)

Inflected forms

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