Computer Network Time Synchronization: The Network Time Protocol

David L. Mills

CRC Press, Mar 24, 2006 - Computers - 304 pages

What started with the sundial has, thus far, been refined to a level of precision based on atomic resonance: Time. Our obsession with time is evident in this continued scaling down to nanosecond resolution and beyond. But this obsession is not without warrant. Precision and time synchronization are critical in many applications, such as air traffic

Bibliographic information

• Title: Computer Network Time Synchronization: The Network Time Protocol
• Author: David L. Mills
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: CRC Press, 2006
• ISBN: 1420006150, 9781420006155
• Length: 304 pages
• Subjects: Computers / Computer Engineering; Computers / Networking / General; Computers / Programming / Algorithms; Technology & Engineering / Electrical