Reference Clock

A reference clock may refer to the following:

  • A master clock used as a timekeeping standard to regulate or compare the accuracy of other clocks
  • In electronics and computing, the clock signal used to synchronise and schedule operations

Famous quotes containing the words reference and/or clock:

    “If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.”
    —Winston Churchill (1874–1965)

    “I open with a clock striking, to beget an awful attention in the audience—it also marks the time, which is four o’clock in the morning, and saves a description of the rising sun, and a great deal about gilding the eastern hemisphere.”
    —Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816)