Coasting mode is defined in Federal Standard 1037C as a specific timing mode in timing-dependent system.
It is defined as a free-running operational timing mode in which continuous or periodic measurement of clock error, i.e., of timing error, is not made.
Operation in the coasting mode may be extended for a period of time by using clock-error data or clock-correction data (obtained during a prior period of operation in the tracking mode) to estimate clock corrections.
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To every ticklish reader! Set them down
For sluttish spoils of opportunity
And daughters of the game.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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