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What are hertz?

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Hertz, named after the German Physicist Heinrich Hertz, are the measurement of frequency, current, and electricity, their uses are common in many fields, sound waves, radiation, hertz are even used to represent the speed of your computer. Hertz come in 21 tiers of measurement - listed from smallest to largest:

Yoktohertz
Zeptahertz
Attohertz
Femtohertz
Picohertz
Nanohertz
Microhertz
Millihertz
Centihertz
Decihertz
Hertz
Dekahertz
Kilohertz
Megahertz
Gigahertz
Terahertz
Petahertz
Exahertz
Zettahertz
Yottohertz

1 hertz = 1 cycle per second (cps)

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