A radio clock or radio-controlled clock (RCC), and often colloquially (and incorrectly) referred to as an "atomic clock", is a type of quartz clock or...
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specified times, and are known as clock radios. Additionally, some alarm clocks can set multiple alarms. A progressive alarm clock can have different alarms for...
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A clock or chronometer is a device that measures and displays time. The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to measure intervals...
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An atomic clock is a clock that measures time by monitoring the resonant frequency of atoms. It is based on atoms having different energy levels. Electron...
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A digital clock displays the time digitally (i.e. in numerals or other symbols), as opposed to an analogue clock. Digital clocks are often associated with...
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real-time clock built in, generally only the ones with many other features and peripherals. Some modern computers receive clock information by digital radio and...
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clock will remain relatively accurate as the temperature changes. In the early 20th century, radio engineers sought a precise, stable source of radio...
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sometimes called an "atomic clock" Radio clock the clock as a measure for risk of catastrophic destruction Doomsday Clock Atomic Clock, nickname of Zimmers Hole...
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listening to the original radio program). CT (clock time and date) Can synchronize a clock in the receiver or the main clock in a car. Due to transmission...
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Clock synchronization is a topic in computer science and engineering that aims to coordinate otherwise independent clocks. Even when initially set accurately...
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The Doomsday Clock is a symbol that represents the likelihood of a human-made global catastrophe, in the opinion of the members of the Bulletin of the...
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pendulum clock began to be used in institutions like factories, offices, and schools around 1900. Modern radio clocks are synchronised by radio signals...
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"The Clock" (song), a 1953 song by Johnny Ace "The Clock", a nickname for Haydn's Symphony No. 101 "The Clock", a song by Paul Simon The Clock (radio), a...
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A speaking clock or talking clock is a live or recorded human voice service, usually accessed by telephone, that gives the correct time. The first telephone...
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Time server (redirect from Network clock)
or the Internet, a connected radio clock or an atomic clock. The most common true time source is a GPS or GPS master clock. Time servers are sometimes...
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Big Ben (redirect from Palace of Westminster Clock Tower, Great Clock of Westminster)
is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and, by extension, for the clock tower itself, which stands at the north end of the...
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Round the Clock (radio), an English internet radio service from China Radio International Around the Clock, 1906 musical "Around the Clock" (song) Time...
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Time signal (redirect from Comparison of time signal radio stations)
(GNSS) radio signals are used to precisely distribute time signals over much of the world. There are many commercially available radio controlled clocks available...
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WWVB (redirect from WWVB radio broadcast)
radio station near Fort Collins, Colorado and is operated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Most radio-controlled clocks in...
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A pulsar clock is a clock which depends on counting radio pulses emitted by pulsars. The first pulsar clock in the world was installed in St Catherine's...
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The Clock is a radio suspense anthology series broadcast November 3, 1946 – May 23, 1948, on ABC. Narrated by Father Time, the 30-minute program was created...
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Longwave (redirect from Long wave radio)
broadcast stations in the range that transmit coded time signals to radio clocks. For example: WWVB in Colorado, United States, on 60 kHz, 70 kW ERP DCF77...
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Radio Reloj (Spanish for Radio Clock) is an internationally broadcast Spanish-language radio station, located in Cuba. It currently carries an all-news...
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chronometer – Clock used on ships to aid in navigation Radio clock – Type of clock which self-synchronizes its time using dedicated radio transmitters...
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time radio stations which continuously broadcast extremely accurate time signals produced by atomic clocks, as a reference to synchronize other clocks. Examples...
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authorized government agencies. Time signal and radio clock stations: In North America, WWV radio and WWVH radio transmit at these frequencies: 2.5 MHz, 5 MHz...
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Network Time Protocol (redirect from NTP clock strata)
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a networking protocol for clock synchronization between computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data...
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DCF77 (category Time signal radio stations)
technology, and at radio and TV stations are radio-controlled by DCF77 as well as tariff change-over clocks of energy supply companies and clocks in traffic-light...
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used by radio operators within a radio network to properly input an accurate time to said radios internal clock. More modern military radios have internal...
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The Strawberry Alarm Clock is a morning radio programme on FM104, an Independent Local Radio station in Dublin. It broadcasts weekday mornings from 6-10am...
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