title: An attempt to understand what a Clock cycle is through example
body: <p>I'm trying to fully understand what a clock cycle is, so I've come up with a test example that I'd like someone to confirm or dispel and offer a better understanding to. If I have this simple line of code, a while loop, running on a device</p>
  
  <pre><code>while(true)
  {
    int x = 5;
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Does the command: int x = 5 get executed once per clock cycle? In other words, is the clock speed the speed at which the device is able to read and execute commands per unit of time measure?</p>