misclock meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

misclock

noun

/ˈmɪsklɒk/

Etymology From mis- + clock.

Business, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Electronics, Energy, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics An error in the synchronization or coordination of the sequence or timing of actions by a device.

When misclock occurs, it is recorded as an audio datum and an alarm is given.1978, Journal of the Radio Research Laboratories:
After each phase crossing there is a chance of a misclock being produced by jitter induced phase reversal at subsequent clocking edges.2002, The 2002 45th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, page 562:

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We will present a model to determine this minimum difference frequency given the acceptable risk of a misclock.2002, I Shankar, SA Morris, CG Hutchens, “A novel frequency measurement technique for quartz microbalance systems and other resonator-based sensor systems”, in Proceedings: 2nd ISA/IEEE Sensors for Industry Conference:

verb

/mɪsˈklɒk/

Etymology From mis- + clock.

This glitch can misclock the DMA state controller and indirectly mess up the memory unit in use.1977, Conference Proceedings: Computer Faire, page 288:
We didn't get past the start. It was misclocked opened and we got too much lox flow in the main chamber early.1995, SSME Post Test Diagnostic System: Systems Section, page 57:

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This occurred despite an alignment pin design feature to prevent misclocking. It occurred despite a sensitivity test of the system a few days before liftoff to confirm live activity and correct polarity of all of the rate gyros.2001, Walter Edward Hammond, Design Methodologies for Space Transportation Systems, page 696:

To clock incorrectly; to mistime.

How else could they misclock one of the disappearance intervals by more than a month?1993, Robert Paul Metzger, Transforming Texts: Classical Images in New Contexts, page 46: