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:

    “In writing these Tales ... at long intervals, I have kept the book-unity always in mind ... with reference to its effect as part of a whole.”
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

    “We are hardly ever grateful for a fine clock or watch when it goes right, and we pay attention to it only when it falters, for then we are caught by surprise. It ought to be the other way about.”
    —Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)