The clock speed of a processor is measured in which of the following units?

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Clock speed (also “clock rate” or “frequency”) is one of the most significant.
The clock speed measures the number of cycles your CPU executes per second, measured in Gigahertz (GHz)
In general, a higher clock speed means a faster CPU.
Your CPU processes many instructions (low-level calculations like arithmetic) from different programs every second.
A “cycle” is technically a pulse synchronized by an internal oscillator.
During each cycle, billions of transistors within the processor open and close.
A CPU with a clock speed of 3.2 GHz executes 3.2 billion cycles per second.