John Cowan wrote on 2006-05-24 14:25 UTC:
> Can someone lay out for me exactly what the difference is between
> clock precision and clock resolution? I've read the NTP FAQ and
> several other pages but am more confused than ever.
I do not think there exists a single universally recognized formal
> I should perhaps explain that I was interested in an internal
> representation for durations, which I am now representing as a triple of
> months, minutes, and seconds (the number of minutes in a month is not
> predictable, nor the number of seconds in a minute given leap seconds,
> but all other
Rob Seaman scripsit:
> Interesting question. Perhaps it is the distinction between
> addressability and physical pixels that one encounters on image
> displays and hardcopy devices? (Still have to posit which is which
> in that case :-)
Thanks to those who responded either publicly or privately
> Can someone lay out for me exactly what the difference is between
> clock precision and clock resolution? I've read the NTP FAQ and
> several other pages but am more confused than ever.
>
> (I do understand the distinction between precision and accuracy:
> 3.1429493 is \pi precise to 8 significa
On May 24, 2006, at 7:25 AM, John Cowan wrote:
Can someone lay out for me exactly what the difference is between
clock precision and clock resolution?
Interesting question. Perhaps it is the distinction between
addressability
and physical pixels that one encounters on image displays and hardc
Can someone lay out for me exactly what the difference is between
clock precision and clock resolution? I've read the NTP FAQ and
several other pages but am more confused than ever.
(I do understand the distinction between precision and accuracy:
3.1429493 is \pi precise to 8 significant digits,
