Used in a Sentence

timing

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for timing.

Editorial note

You mean: unless there's some physical way to determine the recency and timing of writes to the storage media.

Examples14
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(countable, uncountable) The time when something happens.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of timing gathered in one view.

noun

(countable, uncountable) The time when something happens.

noun

(countable) An instance of recording the time of something.

noun

(uncountable) The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for timing.

noun

(countable, uncountable) The time when something happens.

noun

(countable) An instance of recording the time of something.

noun

(uncountable) The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.

noun

(countable, uncountable) The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine, the delivery of a joke, or the occurrence of a series of events.

Example sentences

1

You mean: unless there's some physical way to determine the recency and timing of writes to the storage media.

2

I also suspect the timing of the post is there only to generate discussion at the time of Soylent 2.0 release.

3

In particular, the linked paper describes an effective timing attack against AES by taking advantage of processor cache effects on a data-dependent table lookup.

4

Presumably someone figured out a way to prevent timing attacks against your own account - what is it?

5

Both SQS and SNS were erroring and now SQS has gone down completly with all requests timing out.

6

However, I've always thought that with the right network and influence one could make major shifts in a whole industry if the timing is right.

7

I can't help but think the timing is merely coincidental.

8

In general, what is the most secure password scheme if you're looking to prevent timing attacks?

9

With good timing, none of the little annoyances or problems with G+ would have likely mattered.

10

It's all about timing, novelty, popular trends at the time and a whole lot of luck.

11

Good product; unfortunate timing - at least with respect to the fundamental product being offered.

12

And the compiler - with C and C++ at least - is free to optimize in ways that introduce timing variations.

Quote examples

1

Got several deploys timing out as "unreachable" between 2h ago and now.

2

It's probably the case that a portfolio of big companies and clients in "conventional" industries poses less risk over the next 5 years than a portfolio of startup clients does, regardless of your exact estimates of the probability/timing of a potential crash in the startup market.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use timing in a sentence?

You mean: unless there's some physical way to determine the recency and timing of writes to the storage media.

What does timing mean?

(countable, uncountable) The time when something happens.

What part of speech is timing?

timing is commonly used as noun.