The tick rate (jiffies's least significant bit) is configurable, but in a recent 2.6 kernel for x86, a tick equals 4ms (250hz).

滴答速率(jiffies的最不重要的位)可以配置，但在最近针对x86的2.6内核中，一次滴答等于4ms (250hz)。

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Better policing has contributed to a fall in the state's murder rate (though it did tick slightly upwards last year).

改善警察素质有助于降低圣保罗州的凶杀案比例(但去年这个数字小幅回升)。

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The unemployment rate is expected to tick up to 9.6%, compared to 9.4% in July.

和7月份的9.4%相比，失业率预计会 上升到9.6%。

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The latest QE-program announced by the Bernanke Fed will be tied to the progress of the labor market, which has seen the unemployment rate tick down as a consequence of a falling labor participation rate, rather than truly improved economic conditions.

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So when you have 1 percentage up tick in the unemployment rate, that usually means another million people unemployed.

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Analysts surveyed by MarketWatch call for August payrolls to have risen by 120, 000 and the unemployment rate to tick down to 8.2%.

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