This protocol provides a site-independent, machine readable date and time. The Time service sends back to the originating source the time in seconds since midnight on January first 1900.(Ref. RFC868)...
A time server is a server computer that reads the actual time from a reference clock and distributes this information to its clients using a computer network. The time server may be a local network ti...
The term generally refers to a suite of computer programs and protocols allowing remote execution of commands and transfer of files, email and netnews between computers....