Millisecond [ms] to Nanosecond [ns] Converter
ms
ns
How to Convert Millisecond to NanosecondNanosecond
1 ms = 1000000 ns
1 ns = 0.000001 ms
Example: convert 61 ms to ns:
61 ms = 61 x 1000000 = 61000000 ns
Millisecond
Definition: A millisecond (symbol: ms) is a unit of time in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one thousandth (1/1000) of a second.
History/origin: The millisecond is a decimal fraction of the second, derived from the SI base unit for time. The SI system was established in the mid-20th century to standardize units of measurement.
Current use: Milliseconds are commonly used in electronics, physics, and computer science to measure very short time intervals, such as CPU processing speeds, network latency, and audio sampling rates.
Nanosecond
Definition: A nanosecond (ns) is a unit of time equal to one billionth of a second (1 × 10−9 s).
History/origin: The nanosecond is derived from the SI prefix "nano-", which means one billionth. It became relevant with the development of high-speed electronics and computers, where events happen at extremely short timescales.
Current use: Nanoseconds are commonly used in computer science, telecommunications, and physics to measure the duration of very short events, such as the execution time of instructions in a processor, the propagation delay of signals in a circuit, or the lifetime of particles in physics experiments.
Millisecond to Nanosecond Conversion Table
Millisecond [ms] | Nanosecond [ns] |
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0.01 ms | 10000 ns |
0.1 ms | 100000 ns |
1 ms | 1000000 ns |
10 ms | 10000000 ns |
50 ms | 50000000 ns |
100 ms | 100000000 ns |
1000 ms | 999999999.9999999 ns |
10000 ms | 10000000000 ns |
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