Timing

Timing is the tracking or planning of the spacing of events in time. It may refer to:

* Timekeeping, the process of measuring the passage of time
* Synchronization, controlling the timing of a process relative to another process
* Time metrology, the measurement of time

## Timing in different fields

* Timing (comedy), use of rhythm, tempo and pausing to enhance comedy and humour
* Timing (linguistics), rhythmic division of time into equal portions by a language
* Timing (music), ability to "keep time" accurately and to synchronise to an ensemble
* Color timing, photochemical process of altering and enhancing the color of an image
* Ignition timing, timing of piston and crankshaft so that a spark will occur near the end of the compression stroke
* Market timing, by attempting to predict future market price movements
* Memory timings (or RAM timings), measure of the performance of DRAM memory
* Valve timing, the precise timing of the opening and closing of the valves in a piston engine

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