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... Network Time Protocol (NTP), including
the architectures, algorithms and protocols to synchronize local
clocks in a set of distributed clients and servers ...
... service
model and time scale described in Section 2. The implementation
model is based on a multiple-process operating system architecture,
although other architectures could be used as well. The service
model ...
... operating system architecture,
although other architectures could be used as well. The service
model is based on a returnable-time design which depends only on
measured offsets, or skews, but does not require reliable message
...
... System Architecture ...
... however, in some designs such as the Fuzzball an estimate is
available from the reboot environment. The sys.precision variable is
determined by the intrinsic architecture of the local hardware clock.
The sys.drift variable is determined as a side effect of subsequent
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