Hz is the standard SI abbreviation for Hertz, which is a measure of how many times something repeats each second
So if you pedal a bike slowly the wheel would turn once a second, this could be expressed a 1 Hertz
The mains voltage which come from the wall arrives at 50Hz in some countries and 60Hz on others, this is normally markes on the appliances you can plug in
kHz is 1,000 cycles per second
mHz is 1,000,000 cycles per second
gHz is 1,000,000,000 cycles per second
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