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What is Network Time Protocol (NTP)? | A Complete Guide

Network Time Protocol (NTP)

What is Network Time Protocol (NTP)? Indeed, it’s a network protocol used to synchronize clocks between computing systems over a packet switched network. It’s been around since the mid-1980s and was created by David Mills at the University of Delaware; it is one of the most seasoned protocols still around on the Internet. NTP supplanted other time synchronization…