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

Richard B. gilbert rgilbert88 at comcast.net
Tue Feb 13 20:14:17 UTC 2007


Uwe Klein wrote:
> Richard B. gilbert wrote:
> 
>> Uwe Klein wrote:
>>
>>> Richard B. gilbert wrote:
>>>
>>>> Harlan Stenn wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Donald,
>>>>>
>>>>> Have you seen http://ntp.isc.org/Support/StartingNTP4 ?
>>>>>
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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" 
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> 
> What about a glossary of terms used?
> 
> uwe

A glossary would help too.  At 113 8-1/2x11" pages, it's a fair sized 
book and both an index and a glossary would be appropriate additions.




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