Editing HorizonVirtual:Places (section)

= Timekeeping =

The ''Horizon: Virtual'' text establishes a unit of Program Space time in the section on the Programmer class: a "cycle". It is described as the length of time required for a programmer to rest in order to regain the capability to execute rewrites. For the purpose of the [[HorizonVirtual:The_Waker_Dictionary|Waker Dictionary]], I've linked that length of time to the standard Wizard rest time of eight hours.

The text also establishes that "a minute in User Space is the equivalent of a day in Program Space." So each day's worth of Program Space time would include three cycles.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
! User Time
! Program Time
! Equivalent Real Time
! Breakdown
|-
| 6.31e-5 Seconds
| '''1 Hexbit'''
| 1 Second
| 1/6 Microcycle
|- 
| 3.788e-4 Seconds
| '''1 Microcycle'''
| 6 Seconds
| 6 Hexbits / 1/240 Minicycle
|- 
| 0.09 Seconds
| '''1 Minicycle'''
| 24 Minutes (1,440 seconds)
| 240 Microcycles / 1/220 Cycle
|- 
| 20 Seconds
| '''1 Cycle'''
| 8 Hours
| 220 Minicycles
|- 
| 1 Minute
| 
| 1 Day
| 3 Cycles
|- 
| 1 Hour
| 
| 2 Months (60 Days)
| 180 Cycles
|- 
| 1 Day
| 
| 2 Years (720 Days)
| 4,320 Cycles
|- 
| 1 Month (30 Days)
| 
| 59 Years
| 129,600 Cycles
|- 
| 1 Year (12 Months)
| 
| 710 Years
| 1,555,200 Cycles
|- 
|}