Yo Daniel! On Fri, 19 Feb 2016 18:12:52 -0500 Daniel Franke <dfoxfra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/19/16, Gary E. Miller <g...@rellim.com> wrote:
> > No, resolution is the smallest time increment a clock can represent.
> > Precision is a measure of the quality of the clock time.
>
> I've seen "precision" used both ways by different authors, but I think
> you're right that resolution is a better choice of terminology because
> it avoids that ambiguity.
Yes, people get sloppy, but since we are on the ntpsec mailing list we
should prolly to stick to the NTP definitions.
According to ntp.org:
http://www.ntp.org/ntpfaq/NTP-s-sw-clocks-quality.htm
"The smallest possible increase of time the clock model allows is
called resolution."
"Precision is the random uncertainty of a measured value, expressed
by the standard deviation or by a multiple of the standard
deviation."
"Accuracy is the closeness of the agreement between the result of a
measurement and a true value of the measurand."
RGDS
GARY
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