A cycle per second is a Hertz, abbreviated Hz. Therefore, a billion cycles per second (assuming an American, or "short scale", billion) is a Gigahertz (GHz).
... billion cycles per second.
according to my text book "10^9 cycles per second. "
Gigahertz
Yes, 1 gigahertz is 1 billion cycles per second
One gigahertz (GHz) equals one billion ticks of the system clock per second. This means that a processor running at 1 GHz can perform one billion cycles or operations in a single second. The measurement of gigahertz is commonly used to indicate the speed of a CPU or other electronic components.
Gigahertz
The prefix giga- usually refers to a multiplying factor of one billion; a gigahertz is one billion cycles per second.
Divide the number of MegaHertz (MHz) by 1000. The resulting answer is in GigaHertz (GHz). Two examples: 1000 MHz divided by 1000 = 1 GHz or 5000 MHz divided by 1000 = 5 GHz A way to perhaps remember the correlation between MHz and GHz is to remember that 1 MHz equals one million Hertz (Hz), or one million Cycles Per Second. 1GHz equals one billion Hertz, or one billion Cycles Per Second.
1 Gigahertz (GHz) is equal to 1 billion cycles per second.
A light wave completes a billion cycles in one second.
GHz is Giga Hertz which is 1 billion cycles per second. Normally used as an electronic frequency in computers and radio wave transmissions.
1,200. Khz means kilohertz. Kilo equals one thousand. Hz, Hertz equals one cycle per second.