reference time
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[edit ]Noun
[edit ]reference time (countable and uncountable , plural reference times )
- (computing , software ) The moment in time near the beginning of switching that is chosen as a reference for the measurement of time in a digital computer.
- (linguistics , semantics ) The moment in time in which the speaker is using as the imagined or explicit reference point for an utterance.