Changes: Tick

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A time increment used for over time effects (Channeling, DoT, HoT, etc.):
- 1 tick is every time the spell's overtime affect happens.
The bronze drake Tick guarding the Caverns of Time together with Chronalis and Occulus.

Not specific to World of Warcraft, but sometimes used to describe time increments, a tick can have a few meanings:

From Jargon at Speechcode.com: Interval of time; basic clock time on the computer. Typically 1/60 second. See http://www.speechcode.com/jargon/jargon.info.Jiffy.html JIFFY].
From Wikipedia: In computing, the duration of one tick of the system timer interrupt. Typically, this time is 0.01 seconds.

Note: 1/60 = 0,01(6).

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 In [[World of Warcraft]]:
 # A time increment used for ''over time'' effects ([[Channeling]], [[DoT]], [[HoT]], etc.):
+#* 1 tick is every time the spell's overtime affect happens.
-#* 1 Tick = 2 Seconds for most spells.
-#* Exceptions include the channeled spells [[Hurricane]], [[Blizzard]], [[Arcane Missiles]], [[Mind Flay]], and the non-channeled spell [[Lifebloom]] with 1 second ticks, healing ([[HoT]]) spells including [[Renew]], [[Rejuvenation]], and [[Regrowth]] with 3 second ticks, and eating/drinking, which usually has 3 second ticks.
 # The bronze [[drake]] '''[[Tick (drake)|Tick]]''' guarding the [[Caverns of Time]] together with [[Chronalis]] and [[Occulus]].