Jiff vs. Jiffy

Jiffnoun

(informal) A jiffy; a moment; a short time.

Jiffynoun

(colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time.

Jiffynoun

(computing) A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer – historically, and by convention, 0.01 of a second, but some computer operating systems use other values.

Jiffynoun

(electronics) The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second).

Jiffynoun

(physics) The time taken for light to travel a specified distance in a vacuum, usually one centimetre, but sometimes one foot or the width of a nucleon.

Jiffynoun

(UK) nodot=a, a padded envelope.

Jiffynoun

A moment; an instant; as, I will be ready in a jiffy.

Jiffynoun

a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat);