Clock edge

A clock edge acts as a sampling signal that triggers the update of a state element.

There is a rising edge and a falling edge.

One edge is called the active edge - the edge (rising or falling) on which changes occur. ¹

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1. https://cs.nyu.edu/~gottlieb/courses/2000s/2000-01-fall/arch/lectures/lecture-04.html ↩