[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:
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>>>> 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".
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>
>> 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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