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A timekeeper; especially, a watch by which small intervals of time can be measured; a kind of stop watch. It is used for timing the speed of horses, machinery, etc.
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A kernel resource that triggers an event at a specified interval. The event can occur only once or can be recurring. Timers are one of the event sources for work loops.
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a timepiece, especially one used for measuring and signaling the end of time interval
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An instrument that registers time intervals without indicating the time of day.
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a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end
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a control which generates events at preset intervals
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a device that generates a signal pulse at specified time intervals
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a hardware function of the DS that can be set to raise an interrupt at regular intervals
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an internal routine that repeatedly measures a specified interval, in milliseconds
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an object that can be used in your applications to cause an event to occur on a specified interval
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a non-visible control which generate a command code at regular intervals
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a software mechanism designed to alert the program and programmer when a specified interval of time has elapsed
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a useful thing to have around, not just for animation loops, but for any application that needs to do things at regular intervals or during idle time
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An object that executes code either once or periodically, and either at some specified time or after a time interval.
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A callback that can be scheduled to be called in a specified interval of time.
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Instrument used for registering intervals of time (duration, brief times), without any indication of the time of day.
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