[ntp:questions] Re: NTP precision

fm at nowhere.invalid fm at nowhere.invalid
Fri Sep 23 21:00:37 UTC 2005


Brad Knowles <brad at stop.mail-abuse.org> wrote:
> At 4:03 PM +0000 2005-09-23, Tom Smith wrote:

>>  However, I'm not sure of the proper way to put these together.

> 	We've tried to put some useful definitions at 
> <http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Support/NTPRelatedDefinitions>.  This 
> may be of some help to you.

> 	If you have any further questions on these definitions, or you 
> have any suggestions for clarification, you can either make those 
> yourself via the standard TWiki procedure, or you can mention them 
> here and we will try to make the appropriate updates at some point in 
> the hopefully-not-too-distant future.

I am a bit puzzled by the definition of 'precision', as it 
actually is exactly (no charge for this one) how I would describe 
'resolution', while 'precision' is often seen as an assessment 
of repeatability.

What do you think?
-- francois meyer




More information about the questions mailing list