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by snowflake1556 on November 9th, 2005

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What is GHz when referring to a computer?

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  • by Anon on April 23rd, 2006

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    Ghz = Giga Hertz. The term "hertz", is a measurment of freuqency created by Heinrich Rudolf Hertz. 1 hertz is equal to 1 a second. In computer processors, hertz are used in showing the amount of processes occuring for every second. In theory a computer with a 2.6Ghz processor, is capable of making 26000000000 procceses a second, but due to different types of cpu architecture, it is more like 22000000000 procceses. These procceses are also measured in IPS (Instructions Per Second). Which make a 2.6Ghz Proccesor capable of 22000000000 IPS or more commonly 22000 MIPS. The more procceses a computer is able to perform a second, the faster the computer will be. But a computers speed is determined by more than just CPU speeds, buts thats another question.

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