On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 03:16:54AM -0800, Hal Murray wrote: > > dfoxfra...@gmail.com said: > > 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. > > A good glossary would be a big help. > > > g...@rellim.com said: > > "Precision is the random uncertainty of a measured value, expressed > > by the standard deviation or by a multiple of the standard > > deviation." > > I can't figure out what that means. > > I think it's something different than the simple digital sort of things that > Daniel has been discussing. Standard deviation makes me think that it's > interested in the noise of capturing a PPS signal. If you look carefully, > you might get a bell curve or something like it, probably not symmetric.
I suggest you read the article on wikipedia about it. Kurt _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@ntpsec.org http://lists.ntpsec.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
