Network Time Protocol
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network-time-protocol-171-18619983
title:
Network Time Protocol
text:
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a networking protocol for clock synchronization between computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data networks. In operation since before 1985, NTP is one of the oldest Internet protocols in current use. NTP was designed by David L. Mills of the University of Delaware. NTP is intended to synchronize participating computers to within a few milliseconds of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). It uses the intersection algorithm, a modified version of M
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encyclopedia
description:
Standard protocol for synchronizing time across devices
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Time_Protocol
date created:
2002-12-20T13:02:41Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T13:53:16Z
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