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| In Linux, the number of seconds that have passed since epoch (corresponds to midnight on January 1, 1970). Some utilities write epoch time instead of real clock time. |
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| The time that is provided by computer hardware, typically the BIOS clock. |
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| Time that is provided on the network. |
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| The hardware clock that is installed on the computer motherboard. |
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| In time synchronization, used to indicate the distance between a server and an authoritative Internet time source. |
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| The time that is maintained by the operating system. |
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| A system that ensures that multiple servers are using the exact same time. |
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| Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) |
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| A time standard that is globally the same, no matter which specific time zone a user is in. Roughly corresponds to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). |
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