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13th August 2009
A reliable alarm clock is always a handy companion in your international travels. While there are many travel alarm clocks available in the market today, I cannot find a more reliable partner than the atomic travel alarm clocks.
Alarm clocks are an ess... Read >
Author: Paul Easton13th August 2009
Advertising is very important for a business. Be it a parlor, grocery shop or eatery. Having such type of neon sign on the entrance can grab the attention of customers. Being durable in nature, this type of neon sign is effective for business advertising ... Read >
Author: muthukumar16th July 2009
Linux based operating systems are increasing in popularity all the time. Commercial operating systems like Windows and OS X are constantly being bombarded by viruses and security breaches. There are few viruses that can touch a Linux system and they are o... Read >
Author: Graham Gallagher16th July 2009
There are chronologists all over the world working constantly to find new ways of telling time that are the most accurate that can possibly be created. The first atomic clocks were developed in the 1950’s and thus began the race for millisecond accuracy... Read >
Author: Graham Gallagher11th May 2009
Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. is the core company of a Japanese global corporate group based in Tokyo, Japan. The company was originally founded as Shokosha Watch Research Institute in 1918 and is currently known as the manufacturer of CINCOM precision lath... Read >
Author: atlas1800.com21st April 2009
The GPS system is a satellite navigation system operated by the US Department of Defence. It essentially provides a subscription-free civilian timing and navigation service. GPS is primarily intended as a highly accurate global positioning and navigation ... Read >
Author: Dave24th February 2009
Clock is one of the oldest inventions created by humans. For some people clock means a timepiece that shows the time of day. Clocks are one of the very first complex machines created by humans. In earlier days, they had the shape of pendulums and gears, b... Read >
Author: Steve12308th January 2009
NTP is an acronym for Network Time Protocol. NTP is used throughout the computing industry to maintain synchronisation of computers and network infrastructure to an accurate time reference, or NTP Time Server. This article attempts to clearly and simply d... Read >
Author: Dave02nd December 2008
The DCF-77 radio time and frequency transmission is broadcast from Mainflingen near Frankfurt, Germany. The DCF-77 signal can be used by timing equipment to provide a precise time reference. Computer timing equipment, such as NTP server systems, which pro... Read >
Author: Dave16th October 2008
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC from the French Temps Universel Coordonné) is an international timescale based on the time told by atomic clocks. Atomic clocks are accurate to within a second in several million years. They are so accurate that Internati... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams16th October 2008
Atomic clocks use an atomic resonance frequency standard as their timekeeping element and are by far the most accurate chronometers possible with the latest Strontium based atomic clocks boasting a precision of a less than a second lost in several hundred... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams08th October 2008
What is a time server?
A time server is a device that utilises a single time source and distributes it amongst a network. This enables all machines on a LAN (or WAN) to be synchronised together.
What is NTP?
Network Time Protocol is a protocol ... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams02nd October 2008
Most people have heard of atomic clocks, their accuracy and precision are well known. An atomic clock has the potential to keep time for several hundred million years and not lose a second in drift. Drift is the process where clocks lose or gain time beca... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams02nd October 2008
What is a network time server?
A network time server is a hardware device that utilises a single time source and distributes it amongst a network to ensure all computers and devices are telling the same time.
What is NTP?
Network Time Protocol ... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams24th September 2008
The development of atomic clocks throughout the twentieth century has been fundamental to many of the technologies we employ everyday. Without atomic clocks many of the innovations of the twentieth century would simply not exist.
Satellite communicatio... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams24th September 2008
Q. What is NTP?
A. NTP – Network Time Protocol is an Internet protocol for time synchronisation, whilst other time synchronisation protocols are available NTP is by far the most widely used having been around since the mid 1980’s when the Internet wa... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams23rd September 2008
Network Time Protocol seems to have been around for ever. In fact it is indeed one of the Internet’s oldest protocols having been developed in the 1980’s by Professor David Mills and his team from Delaware University.
In a laid-back world it perhap... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams23rd September 2008
A NTP Server connects to a computer network with the purpose of synchronising all computers, routers and other devices to the exact same time. NTP servers use Network Time Protocol to adjust the drift of different machines to match the reference time.
... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams08th September 2008
Even when the Internet when was its infancy, with no more than a few computers connected together it became apparent that there was a need for time synchronisation. Computers are easily confused particularly with time which can only travel in one directio... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams08th September 2008
Just as your computer is only as good as the software it is running, a time server is only as useful as the timing source it uses. Time servers are similar to other servers in that they are located on a network but the primary function of a time server is... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams05th September 2008
Atomic clocks are the most accurate timekeeping devices developed by man. Modern atomic clocks are so accurate that even in 100 million years less than a second of time would be lost.
This accuracy makes them ideal references for a NTP server (Network ... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams28th August 2008
When you set your watch by the speaking clock or the radio beeps have you ever wondered who is responsible for setting that time and how they can be sure it is accurate.
This may seem like a straightforward question but their is no master clock that th... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams22nd August 2008
When most people think of the digital age and its computers, satellites and mobile phones, the silicone chip is at the foremost of people's minds. Yet, despite its importance in shaping the world around us, many of the technologies that we take for grante... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams29th July 2008
Ensuring a computer is not only displaying the correct time but that it is being maintained accurately is not as straight-forward as it first sounds.
Most Linux systems have two clocks. The hardware clock, also known as the CMOS of Bios clock, is usual... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams29th July 2008
Time has always been important to civilisations throughout history, despite the fact that it is only now, in the modern age that we have come to some understanding of what time is.
The telling of time has always been important, particularly to our agri... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams23rd July 2008
Linux operating systems are becoming increasingly popular partly due to the many advantages they have over commercial systems like Windows or OS X. Linux offers increased security (as there are only a handful of viruses that can infect a Linux based syste... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams22nd July 2008
Atomic clocks are incredibly expensive and generally they are normally only to be found in large scale physics laboratories such as MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology (Colorado) or the Nationa... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams18th July 2008
Atomic clocks are incredibly expensive and generally they are normally only to be found in large scale physics laboratories such as MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology (Colorado) or the Nationa... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams17th July 2008
Time is one of the least understood aspects of our universe. We know it exists yet we have trouble grasping exactly what it is. Time can be viewed in two ways, it is a manmade concept used as a tool to describe to explain the sequence of events, comparing... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams17th July 2008
The worst part of a power cut is running around the house setting all the clocks and timers back to the correct time, it can take ages and you will always forget one, however, as long as you have a wrist watch it should be quite easy to get your clocks al... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams17th July 2008
Atomic clocks have been with us for over fifty years now and most people have heard of them and know they are very accurate, but how accurate are they and why do we need such accurate clocks?
Atomic clocks are used by many of us even if we are not awa... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams17th July 2008
It is a question that has perplexed philosophers and scientists since the dawn of man, ‘what exactly is time?’ and it has only been in our recent history that we have started to discover answers, thanks to Einstein and his work on special and general ... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams17th July 2008
Network Time Protocol (NTP) is an Internet standard protocol designed over 25 years ago and still under constant development. NTP synchronises devises on a network to a single timing source. If time on a network is not synchronised when applications are c... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams13th July 2008
Since the early 1990’s the Global Positioning system (GPS) has been the worlds’ only fully functioning Global Navigational Satellite System (GNSS). Run by the American military, GPS (sometimes referred to as NAVSTAR) has allowed accurate timing and lo... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams11th July 2008
This article explains the origins and workings of atomic clocks and how they are used to synchronise computer networks all over the world using NTP servers.
In conventional electronic clocks time is kept by running an electrical current through an os... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams04th July 2008
NTP servers (Network Time Protocol) are devices that can synchronise a computer network to an authoritative UTC time source. UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) is a global time scale used throughout the world and provided by atomic clocks.
NTP servers ca... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams03rd July 2008
Time synchronisation in modern computer networks is essential, all computers need to know the time as many applications, from sending an email to storing information are reliant on the PC knowing when the event took place.
Microsoft Windows XP has a ti... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams03rd July 2008
Telling the time is incredibly important for our day to day lives. We need to know what time to get up for work, when to catch the bus and even when to go to bed to ensure we get enough shut eye.
Generally for this type of timekeeping mechanical or dig... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams02nd July 2008
Nearly all a computers activity involves time whether logging a timestamp for when a network was accessed to sending an email, knowing the time is crucial for computer applications.
All computers have an on-board clock that provides time and date infor... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams01st July 2008
Time is certainly a concept most of us take for granted, it passes us by and we only notice it when we catch a glimpse of a grey hair in the mirror or arrive late for that important meeting. Yet keeping track of the time has occupied mankind for millennia... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams26th June 2008
All PC’s and networking devices use clocks to maintain an internal system time. These clocks, called Real Time Clock chips (RTC) provide time and date information. The chips are battery backed so that even during power outages, they can maintain time. H... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams25th June 2008
The clock in its form that we recognise today has been around since the middle of the fourteenth century. Before then, measuring the passage of time had always been a tricky affair with the movement of the sun being the only reliable method of time-tellin... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams23rd June 2008
The world is becoming an ever smaller place. Modern technology means that it is just as easy to make a purchase from the other side of the world as it is buy something from our local high street.
Everything from hotels and airline tickets to jewellery ... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams18th June 2008
Asking somebody the time may be one of today’s most common questions but have you ever wondered where the time on our watches comes from?
Accurate clocks have only been around since the mid 17th century, before then, time was completely subjective. P... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams30th May 2008
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Time synchronisation in modern computer networks is essential. It not only provides the only frame of reference between all devices, it is critical in everything from securing, planning and debugging a network to pro... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams22nd May 2008
No timepiece is likely to escape inaccuracy; at least this is what we believed before the invention of the wall atomic analogue clocks. Such items use atomic resonance frequency standard in order to work their accuracy and feed the incorporated counter. T... Read >
Author: Peter Gitundu20th May 2008
No timepiece is likely to escape inaccuracy; at least this is what we believed before the invention of the wall atomic analogue clocks. Such items use atomic resonance frequency standard in order to work their accuracy and feed the incorporated counter. T... Read >
Author: Peter Gitundu15th May 2008
Network Time Protocol (NTP) is one of the Internet’s oldest protocols still used, invented by Dr David Mills from the University of Delaware, it has been in utilized since 1985. NTP is a protocol designed to synchronize the clocks on computers and netwo... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams15th May 2008
Network Time Protocol (NTP) is one of the Internet’s oldest protocols still used, invented by Dr David Mills from the University of Delaware, it has been in utilized since 1985. NTP is a protocol designed to synchronize the clocks on computers and netwo... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams15th May 2008
A Guide to NTP and Computer Network Time Synchronisation
This article explains Network Time Protocol (NTP) and how it is used in the synchronisation of networks.
Network Time Protocol (NTP) is one of the Internet’s oldest protocols. In use for ov... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams09th May 2008
What time is it? One of the commonest questions uttered around the World but what exactly are we asking? You ask someone in China what the time is then you will certainly get a different answer if you ask an American, obviously their time-zones are on the... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams09th May 2008
Network Time Protocol (NTP) is one of the Internet’s oldest protocols and is still the standard for time synchronisation. The success of NTP stems from its constant development (version 4 is currently in progress) and the accuracy that an NTP time serve... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams06th May 2008
All computers need to know the time. Many applications, from sending an email to storing information are reliant on the PC knowing when the event took place. In some environments timing is even more crucial where a single second can make all the differenc... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams06th May 2008
Time synchronisation in modern computer networks is essential. It not only provides the only frame of reference between all devices, it is critical in everything from securing, planning and debugging a network to providing a time stamp for applications su... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams02nd May 2008
Atomic Clocks have been around for over fifty years or so. They are clocks that use an atomic resonance frequency as its timekeeping element rather than conventional oscillating crystals such as quartz.
Most atomic clocks use the resonance of the atom ... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams02nd May 2008
Time synchronisation in modern computer networks is essential. It not only provides the only frame of reference between all devices, it is critical in everything from securing, planning and debugging a network to providing a time stamp for applications su... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams02nd May 2008
All PC’s and networking devices use clocks to maintain an internal system time. These clocks, called Real Time Clock chips (RTC), provide time and date information. They are battery backed so that even during power outages, they can maintain time. Howev... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams02nd May 2008
Network Time Protocol (NTP) is one of the Internet’s oldest protocols still utilised today. Developed by Dr David Mills from the University of Delaware, it has been in constant use and continually updated since 1985. NTP is a protocol designed to synchr... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams01st May 2008
Network Time Protocol (NTP) is one of the Internet’s oldest protocols still utilised. Invented by Dr David Mills from the University of Delaware it has been in use since 1985. NTP is a protocol designed to synchronize the clocks on computers and network... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams29th April 2008
Time is an abstract concept. We cannot necessarily see it, touch it or change it, but we are aware that it exists and that is continues to keep passing us by. It has long been thought that time was constant and was the same everywhere in the Universe.
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Author: Richard N Williams27th April 2008
Time is an abstract concept. We cannot necessarily see it, touch it or change it, but we are aware that it exists and that is continues to keep passing us by. It has long been thought that time was constant and was the same everywhere in the Universe.
... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams27th April 2008
Time is an abstract concept. We cannot necessarily see it, touch it or change it, but we are aware that it exists and that is continues to keep passing us by. It has long been thought that time was constant and was the same everywhere in the Universe.
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Author: Richard N Williams07th April 2008
How do you choose the right corporate promotional gifts to give to the busy executive? Simple: have a look at the items they use on a daily basis and upgrade them! Executives love gadgets and toys, and the younger they are the more likely they are to be i... Read >
Author: Gareth Parkin12th October 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 Galleon SystemsThis article describes how GPS Time server Systems achieves exact timing information to give a very accurate timing reference for Network Time Synchronization.GPS System is a navigation system operated by the Military but... Read >
Author: galleon20th August 2007
There is nothing more annoying than being late when you're traveling. Whether it's an important meeting or catching a plane or train, you do not want to over sleep. While you can rely on hotel wake-up services or the clock radio in your room, it's alway... Read >
Author: maxine greco03rd August 2007
The MSF radio time broadcast is a long-wave radio transmission of highly accurate time. The signal can be received throughout the whole of the UK and much of North Western Europe. With the additional of a low-cost radio receiver computers and computer net... Read >
Author: Dave11th July 2007
Atomic clocks are utilised to provide a highly precise timing reference. Many types of clock use the generic term 'atomic'. Most atomic clocks are very expensive systems generally only found in National Physics Laboratories. Most commercial precise timing... Read >
Author: Dave06th June 2007
The word GPS Satelite Navigation may sound a bit difficult to understand for many. Simplifying the word in one plain sentence, the satellite navigation system allows a electronic device to find out its exact location through satellite. The GPS navigation ... Read >
Author: darlenekaitlene07th April 2007
Many time critical computer network systems, such as NTP servers, utilise the GPS system as a precise timing reference.
This article describes how the Global Positioning System can be used to provide a precise timing reference and provides an overview ... Read >
Author: Dave27th March 2007
The GPS system is a satellite navigation system operated by the United States military. The system is also available for civilian use without any subscription requirement. The GPS system is primarily intended as a highly accurate global positioning system... Read >
Author: Dave09th March 2007
Time is an abstract concept that we generally take for granted. Time passes in years, months, days, hours, minutes and seconds without much thought. However, humans have developed extremely complex ways of measuring time and maintaining accurate time refe... Read >
Author: Dave27th January 2007
An atomic clock provides an extremely accurate source of time. There are various types of atomic clock, mostly found in laboratories: Caesium Clocks; Hydrogen Clocks; and Rubidium Clocks. Most commercially available atomic clock time synchronisation syste... Read >
Author: Dave20th January 2007
The DCF-77 radio time transmission is utilised by many NTP server and PC computer systems to provide accurate synchronisation of time critical applications. This article describes how the DCF-77 time signal is decoded by NTP server and computer systems to... Read >
Author: Dave21st August 2006
This fascinating thrill ride is filled with all the twists and turns of exciting information, so be sure to hold on for this bumpy ride!
Imagine the next time you connect a discussion about auto gps system. When you pioneer sharing the fascinating auto... Read >
Author: jintonic s20th May 2006
The first atomic clock came into existence in 1949. The U.S. National Bureau of standards was the home of this prototype of modern atomic clocks. The first accurate atomic clock was designed in 1955. This clock was based upon the transition of the caesium... Read >
Author: Charles & Susan Truett13th April 2006
A common problem with many clocks is that there are times when they may be wrong. Hundreds of years ago, time did not need to be as accurate. If you are minutes late today, that could put your job in jeopardy. Modern technology has answered this proble... Read >
Author: David Stone
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