NS
       Name Server (DNS, Unix)

	

	NS
       National Standard

	

	nanosecond
ns

    (ns) 10^-9 seconds; one thousand millionth part of a
   second.

   This is the unit in which the fundamental logical operations
   of modern digital circuits are typically measured.  For
   example, a microprocessor with a clock frequency of 100
   megahertz will have a 10 nanosecond clock period.

   (1996-11-15)