What is the Network Time Protocol?

Why is it used

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sidd

  • Aug 8th, 2005
 

good question and helpful but adherw ans with them 
 

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sabu

  • Oct 30th, 2005
 

NTP

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Pintu Kumar Singh

  • Nov 3rd, 2005
 

Network Time Protocol provides a mechanism to synchronize time on computers across an internet.

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The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol for synchronising the clocks of computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data networks. NTP uses UDP as its transport layer. It is designed particularly to resist the effects of variable latency.

Tanveer

  • Mar 21st, 2006
 

Network Time Protocol, a protocol to exchange and synchronize time on computer networks

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Network time protocol is a protocol for synchronizing the clock of computer system over packet switched, variable latency data networks .NTP uses UDP protocol number 123 as it's  transport layer.

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