👉 An epoch in computer science refers to a time period within which a machine or program executes instructions. In programming, an epoch is typically defined as the span of time during which a particular function is executed by a program, such as a loop or a series of tasks that complete sequentially. An epoch can be divided into smaller intervals based on how many times a given instruction is performed. For example, if a function calls another function 100 times in an epoch, it would be considered to have
