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@cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months ago

Remembering alum David Mills, who brought the internet into perfect time

cse.engin.umich.edu

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Remembering alum David Mills, who brought the internet into perfect time

cse.engin.umich.edu

@cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months ago
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Mills created the Network Time Protocol, which enables any device online to know precisely what time it is.
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  • @renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net
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    What a legend. The significance of NTP cannot be understated overstated. The internet as we know it could not work without it.

  • @0x0@programming.dev
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    I’d assume most smart kitchen appliances have NTP now?

  • @fubarx@lemmy.world
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    NTP is one of those fundamental working parts of the internet that nobody has to think much about, because it works so smoothly.

    It’s taken for granted, like the lights will come on when you flip a switch. But there’s SO much more to make that happen.

  • @antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    The device knows what time it is at all times. It knows this because it knows what time it isn’t.

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