[ntp:questions] Fwd: Using ntpdate -b SERVER shortly after SERVER boots

Uwe Klein uwe_klein_habertwedt at t-online.de
Tue Feb 13 17:22:45 UTC 2007


Richard B. gilbert wrote:
> Uwe Klein wrote:
> 
>> Richard B. gilbert wrote:
>>
>>> Harlan Stenn wrote:
>>>
>>>> Donald,
>>>>
>>>> Have you seen http://ntp.isc.org/Support/StartingNTP4 ?
>>>>
>>>> H
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>>>
>>> That's an interesting article but it misuses the word "precision". 
> 
> 
>> isn't that "resolution" ?
>> iananes ( i am not a native english speaker ;-)
> 
> 
> Don't worry about it.  Your English is SO much better than my Deutch. (I 
> can make a few polite noises in Español, Deütch, Nihongo (Japanese) and 
> Turkish).  I'm fluent only in English and it could be argued 
> convincingly that I'm not fluent in English either!
> 
> Resolution is a good synonym but NTP usage describes the "precision" of 
> a clock in terms of the value of the least significant bit or the 
> smallest measurable interval.  I think RFC-1305 defines precision 
> somewhere but it's hard to find without reading cover-to-cover.  I hope 
> the V4 RFC has an index!!

What about a glossary of terms used?

uwe




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