[ntp:questions] Re: NTP precision

David J Taylor david-taylor at blueyonder.co.not-this-bit.nor-this-part.uk.invalid
Sat Sep 24 13:49:01 UTC 2005


Brad Knowles wrote:
> At 7:40 AM +0000 2005-09-24, David J Taylor wrote:
>
>>  jitter
>>      The estimated time error of the system clock measured as an
>>  exponential average of RMS time differences.  (Jitter errors are
>>  caused by short-term variations in frequency with components
>> greater than 10Hz).
>
> I'd rather not have parenthetical comments in these definitions,
> but otherwise, I'm perfectly happy to change the order of these two
> sentences, or make other suitable modifications to them to help
> improve readability and clarity.

In which case, I would offer my definition without the brackets.

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>>  BTW: what are the errors caused by longer term variations called?
>
> Wander.  Check the list of definitions.  ;)

Sounds good to me.

David 





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