Short for Network Time Protocol, an Internet standard protocol
(built on top of TCP/IP) that assures accurate synchronization
to the millisecond of computer clock times in a network of
computers. Based on UTC, NTP synchronizes client workstation
clocks to the U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clocks in
Washington, DC and Colorado Springs CO. Running as a continuous
background client program on a computer, NTP sends periodic time
requests to servers, obtaining server time stamps and using them
to adjust the client's clock. The latest version of NTP is
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