Hertz and Gigahertz Explained 🕕🔄

Understanding Frequency

Understanding Frequency

Hertz (Hz):

• It’s the unit of frequency.

• Represents the number of cycles per second.

• If something happens 1 time in a second, it’s said to be at a frequency of 1 Hz.

Gigahertz (GHz):

• “Giga” is a prefix that means a billion (1,000,000,000).

• Therefore, 1 GHz is equal to 1 billion Hertz or 1,000,000,000 Hz.

• If something happens a billion tim…