noun

• (colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time.
• (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.
• (electronics) The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second).
• (physics) The time taken for light to travel a specified distance in a vacuum, usually one centimetre (approximately 33.3564 picoseconds), but sometimes one foot or the width of a nucleon.
• (UK) Short for jiffy bag, a padded envelope.
• Alternative form of Jiffy bag. [(UK) Synonym of padded envelope.]