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Network Time Protocol facts for kids

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The U.S. Naval Observatory Alternate Master Clock at Schriever AFB (Colorado) is a stratum 0 source for NTP

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol for distributing the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) by synchronizing the clocks of computer systems over IP networks.

NTP is one of the oldest Internet Protocols still in use (since before 1985) and uses UDP port 123.

Images for kids

  • DL Mills-2

    NTP was designed by David L. Mills.

  • Ntpq -p query

    The NTP management protocol utility ntpq being used to query the state of a stratum 2 server.

  • Chrony 4.1 screenshot

    chronyc, showing sources and activity information. Terminal window under Arch Linux

See also

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