Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is an international standard for keeping time worldwide. Most countries use it in their official timekeeping, as well as many companies and organizations that need to coordinate activities with others around the globe. UTC replaces Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), which was traditionally used for this purpose until 1972 when UTC replaced… Read More
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Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a critical component of modern networks and systems. It ensures that all computers, devices, and services on the network are synchronized to an accurate time source. This helps prevent issues caused by different clocks being out of sync—such as delayed email delivery or authentication failures due to expired passwords. NTP… Read More
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When running a website, one of the most important factors to consider is server time. Server time can affect how quickly your site loads and how accurately it displays information. It’s essential to ensure that the clock on your web server is set correctly so that you don’t run into any issues with accuracy or… Read More
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The SI Unit for time is the second. The second is defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the cesium-133 atom. In other words, a second is an extremely precise measure of time that allows us to keep… Read More
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Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) is a channel access method for shared medium networks. It allows several users to share the same frequency channel by dividing the signal into different time slots. The users transmit in rapid succession, one after the other, each using their own time slot. This allows multiple stations to share the… Read More
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