What is a clock cycle and clock speed?

Question

I have been reading a book about the Computer\'s Processor. And i came across some of the terms like clock Ticks, clock Cycle and Clock Speed that i am finding very difficult to

Answer 1

A clock cycle is a single period of an oscillating clock signal.

Clock speed, rate, and frequency are used to describe the same thing: the number of clock cycles per second, measured in Hertz (Hz).

Confusingly, clock speed may also refer to clock cycle time, which is the length of a clock cycle, or the length of time between clock ticks.