subtick

plural subticks

1. computingA secondary tick that occurs between regular ticks.

   The update will also include an update to tick rate, in addition to visual changes. The game will now use a 'subtick' system.

   2023 March 22, Calum Patterson, “Counter-Strike 2 revealed: Source 2 update overhauls CS:GO maps, graphics, smokes, more”, in Dexerto, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2024

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   In this example the control word is broken in three eight-bit blocks, corresponding to three subticks that occur between two regular clock ticks.

   2015, Peter J[ames] Denning, Craig H. Martell, Great Principles of Computing, Cambridge, M.A.; London: The MIT Press, →ISBN, page 68