Uwe Klein wrote: > Richard B. gilbert wrote: [] >> That's an interesting article but it misuses the word "precision". >> Precision is a property of your clock and can be thought of as the >> smallest possible difference in time that the clock can measure. > > isn't that "resolution" ? > iananes ( i am not a native english speaker ;-) >> >> A clock can have a precision of 1 microsecond and still be five >> minutes slow! >> > > uwe
Uwe, I suspect these terms mean what you choose them to mean. Here is what Google has to offer: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4SUNA_en___GB202&q=define%3a+precision (includes both "number of digits" and "degree of refinement") http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4SUNA_en___GB202&q=define%3A+resolution&btnG=Search (includes "measure of accuracy or dynamic range of an A/D or D/A converter" and "smallest quantity that can be measured"). >From this, I would suggest: precision - degree of correctness resolution - accuracy of measurement Perhaps NTP has its own definitions? Cheers, David _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
