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In a nutshell?
It's the duration the motherboard will allow the CPU to use more power than it's rated TDP.
Say if you got a chip rated for 125W, Tau/PL1 is the motherboard allowing 225W, but only for a certain period of time during which it can reach it's rated turbo clockspeeds.
After the Tau/PL1 boosting period is over, it goes back down to 125W max and the clockspeeds follow by dropping too so as not to use more than 125W.