What is the distance of a click?

RandMcnally · August 10, 2003, 5:02am

In various military programs, I’ve heard the word click (clique?) used to denote possition. EX: We are ten clicks away from the enemy.

What is a click?

AncientHumanoid · August 10, 2003, 5:04am

klick

Kilometer

RandMcnally · August 10, 2003, 5:21am

aww, so simple :smack:

postcards · August 10, 2003, 7:41pm

1/128 of an inch on my mouse.

picunurse · August 10, 2003, 9:32pm

It’s about 1 kilometer, give or take

Speaker_for_the_Dead · August 10, 2003, 9:56pm

Yeah, that one always takes a second to klick in.
runs

chaoticbear · August 10, 2003, 11:53pm

heh cool name for a question like this… but sometimes, things like ths just click…

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