Timing

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Timing is the tracking or planning of the spacing of events in time. It may refer to:

Timing in different fields[edit]

  • Timing (comedy), use of rhythm, tempo and pausing to enhance comedy and humour
  • Timing (linguistics), rhythmic division of time into equal portions by a language
  • Timing (music), ability to "keep time" accurately and to synchronise to an ensemble
  • Color timing, photochemical process of altering and enhancing the color of an image
  • Ignition timing, timing of piston and crankshaft so that a spark will occur near the end of the compression stroke
  • Market timing, by attempting to predict future market price movements
  • Memory timings (or RAM timings), measure of the performance of DRAM memory
  • Valve timing, the precise timing of the opening and closing of the valves in a piston engine