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AFNOR AFNOR NFS 87-500 is a standarized french time code similar to IRIG-B but contains additional day, day-of-month ...
atomic clock An atomic clock is a time counter, which is controlled by the oscillation frequency of certain atoms (e.g. ...
ATA ATA is a time signal transmitter used in Greater Kailash, New Delhi, India at 28th at 34'N 77° 19'E. The ...

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Bootstrap Loader A Bootstrap Loader (BSL) is a small program which can be activated immediately after a microcontroller ...
BIPM The Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) has been founded ...
BPM BPM is a time signal transmitter used in Pucheng, China at 35° 0'N 109° 31'E. The spectrum of frequencies ...
BSF BSF is a time signal transmitter based in Chung-Li Taiwan Rep. of China at 24° 57'N 121° 09'E. It has ...

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CEST The central European states have established the central European Summer time (CEST) which is applied ...
CET The Central European Time (CET) is the significant local time for Central Europe as Germany, Austria and ...
CHU CHU is a time signal transmitter used Ottawa, Canada at 45° 18'N 75° 45'W. It is based on three different ...

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DVB Digital Video Broadcast (digital TV) DVB-T is the abbreviation for Digital Video Broadcasting Terrestrial, ...
DAB Digital Audio Broadcast (Terrestrial digital audio broadcast ). The system for the digital transmission ...
DCF77 DCF77 is a longwave time signal broadcast station at Mainflingen, Germany, about 25 km south-east of Frankfurt ...
DIN-mounting rail A DIN mounting rail (TS 35) is a mounting rail with a U-shaped respectively hatlike profile. These mounting ...

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E1 E1 (or E-1) is a European digital transmission format with a capacity of 2.048 Mbit/s from ITU-TS. It's ...
Earth ellipsoids Earth ellipsoids are used to approximate the mean surface of the earth by a set of parameters that is ...
EBC EBC is a time signal transmitter based in San Fernando, Spain at 36° 28'N 6° 12'W. The frequency of 15,006 ...
EIA-232-gateway siehe EIA-232 ...
EIA-232 see RS-232 ...

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Fiber-Optic Fiber Optics are used widely in modern telecommunication and network technology. Fiber Optics cable (a ...

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GSM Global System for Mobile Communications ...
GPS GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio positioning, navigation, and time-transfer ...
Galileo Galileo is a planned European system for satellite navigation, which will represent the European version ...
GMT GMT ("Greenwich Mean Time") was the commonly used international time base and has been substituted by ...

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HBG HBG is a time signal transmitter and finds its origin in Prangins, Switzerland at 46° 24'N 6° 15'E and ...
HLA HLA is a time signal transmitter and is in use in Taedok, Science Town, Rep. of Korea at 36° 23'N 127° ...

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IRIG-B see IRIG ...
IRIG-A see IRIG ...
IRIG The TeleCommunication Working Group (TCWG) of the American Inter Range Instrumentation ...
IEEE1588 The objective of IEEE 1588 is defined in the 'Scope' section of the Project Authorization Request approved ...
IAM IAM is a time signal transmitter based in Roma, Italy at 41° 47'N 12° 27'E. It uses a frequency of 5 MHz ...

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JJY JJY is a time signal transmitter based in Miyakoji, Fukushima, Japan at 37° 22'N 140° 51'E and continuously ...

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LOL LOL is a time signal transmitter based in Buenos Aires, Argentina at 34° 37'S 58° 21'W. It uses a range ...

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MSF MSF is a time signal transmitter based in Anthorn, United Kingdom at 52° 22'N 1° 11'W and continuously ...
Master Clock A master clock is an electrically or electronically driven timepiece which adjusts slave clocks by sending ...

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NIST The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is an agency ...
network time server Network Time Server A Network Time Server ...
NTP server A NTP Server makes the current time available in a network using the Network Time Protocol (NTP) (see ...
NMEA The NMEA 0183 GIS standard for Interfacing Marine Electronics Devices of the US American National Marine ...
NTP The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol for synchronising the clocks of computer systems over packet-switched, ...

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Oscillator An overview of the available oscillators for Meinberg products can be found on our Oscillator List ...

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pulse-per-second Pulse which is generated once per second (PPS). Meinberg standard: rising edge at the beginning of a ...
pulse-per-minute Pulse which is generated once per minute (PPM). Meinberg standard: rising edge at the beginning of minute, ...
PPS see pulse-per-second ...
PPM see pulse-per-minute ...
PTB The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) (Federal Standards Laboratory), ...
PTP The Precision Time Protocol (PTP) which is defined in the IEEE1588 – 2002 standard allows precise synchronization ...
public time server In our opinion you need a dedicated time server for reliable and secure time synchronization in your company's ...

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Radio Clock A radio clock is a clock which is synchronized by a broadcasted radio signal (for example, in Germany ...
RAB-99 RAB-99 is a time signal transmitter used in Khabarovsk Russia at 48° 30'N 134° 50'E. It is sent with a ...
RBU RBU is atime signal transmitter used in Moscow, Russia at 55° 44'N 38° 12'E. It is sent continuously with ...
RJH-63 RJH-63 is a time signal transmitter used in Krasnodar, Russia, at 44° 46'N 39° 34'E. It sends with a frequency ...
RJH-69 RJH-69 is a time signal transmitter used in Molodechno, Belarus at 54° 28'N 26° 47'E. It sends with a ...
RJH-77 RJH-77 is a time signal transmitter used in Arkhangelsk, Russia at 64° 22'N 41° 35'E. It sends with a ...
RJH-86 RJH-86 is a time signal transmitter used in Bishkek, Kirgizstan, at 43° 03'N 73° 37'E. It sends with a ...
RJH-90 RJH-90 is a time signal transmitter used in Nizhni, Novgorod, Russia at 56° 11'N 43° 57'E. It sends with ...
RTZ RTZ is a time signal transmitter used in Irkutsk, Russia at 52° 26'N 103° 41'E. It sends with a constant ...
RWM RWM is a time signal transmitter used in Moscow, Russia at 55° 44'N 38° 12'E. The station operates simultaneously ...
RS-232 The Recommended Standard 232 (RS-232, today known as EIA-232-gateway) was formally introduced by the Electronic ...

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Stratum The stratum value is calculated from the number of computers in the NTP hierarchy to the time reference. The ...
SNTP SNTP (Simple Network Time Protocol) desribes a simplified form of NTP. While they both use the same network ...
Second The SI-System of Units defines the second as an atomic Time normal for reasons of an immense improvement ...
Server A server is a program, which waits for the commencement of contact of a Client program. After the approach ...
Supporting Rail A supporting rail is a structural shape made of metal which is generally used in electrical engineering ...
Slave Clock A slave clock is no usual timepiece. Since it has no own clock pulse generator of which it could count ...
SNMP The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is part of the internet protocols which where defined by ...

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T1 North America T1-1.544M Similar to E1 but only 24 64kHz channels. Because of this only 1.544 Mbit/s. See ...
time-synchronization see time-synchronisation ...
Time Synchronisation Synchronisation of computers, networks or industrial applications, using the DCF77 longwave transmitter ...
Time Server A time-server consists of a computer networking device that reads the actual time from a reference clock ...
TDF TDF is a time signal transmitter used in Allouis, France at 47° 10'N 2° 12'E. It sends continuously, except ...
Time signals used in the UTC System The time signal emissions reported follow the UTC system, in accordance with the Recommendation 460-4 ...
Timeserver A timeserver is a network server that disseminates time information via the network. It can be either ...

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UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System is a mobile communication standard that next to multimedia ...
UTC UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) is the name of the international time standard and is identical to GMT ...

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VNG VNG is a time signal transmitter used in Llandilo, New South Wales, Australia at 33° 43'S 150° 48'E. It ...

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WWVH WWVH is a time signal transmitter sent from Kauai, HI, USA at 21° 59'N 159° 46'W. It continuously sends ...
WWVB WWVB is a NIST time signal radio station co-located with WWV in Fort Collins, Colorado. Radio clocks in ...
WWV WWV is the callsign of NIST's shortwave radio station in Fort Collins, Colorado. WWV disseminates the ...

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XNTPD Former name of the NTP daemon on Linux systems. ...

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YVTO YVTO is a time signal transmitter used in Caracas, Venezuela at 10° 30'N 66° 56'W. It continuously sends ...

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