David Woolley wrote: > Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > >> >> Precision is the smallest possible difference between two successive >> readings of the clock. It has nothing to do with accuracy. Precision > > The only reason it is reported is that it does affect accuracy. It is > one of the components that go to make root dispersion which in turn is > used to estimate the error band on a time measurement. > > However, the internal clock can be more accurate than the precision. The > problem is that you cannot access that accuracy using only a single sample.
I'd say that precision tells you where time ends and imagination begins! _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
