Articles, tagged with "atomic clocks", page 3

Portable Garmin GPS - Where did GPS Start

We now expect our new cars to come with a GPS receiver as standard, and hopefully it's a portable Garmin GPS. It puts an end to dangerously trying to read a map with only one hand on the wheel and one eye on the road. They have become such an integral par... Read >
Author: Derick Mcclure

NTP time servers

NTP time servers. When you talk of time servers the things asked are normally whether it's necessary to have a dedicated time server, or can you cope with an internet based time server, or even if you actually need one. Ok, and perhaps more frequently, w... Read >
Author: Cyril Rosario

Atomic Travel Alarm Clocks - Advanced Technology Atomic Alarm Clock is Your Travel's Reliable Partne

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 Easton

Neon Signs are Eye-Catching and Attractive

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: muthukumar

NTP and Linux

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 Gallagher

A Natural NTP Server?

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 Gallagher

citizen watches

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.com

Using GPS For NTP Server Time Synchronisation

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: Dave

Neon Clocks

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: Steve123

Why Does My Organisation Need a NTP Time Server?

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: Dave

LF Radio NTP Servers: How to Decode the DCF-77 Time Broadcast

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: Dave

UTC – A global Timescale

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 Williams

Radio referenced time servers explained.

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 Williams

Common Time Server Questions

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 Williams

The Atomic Clock and the NTP Time Server

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 Williams

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