Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Just how do computers synchronise clocks across the Internet? Dr Julian Onions implemented this at Nottingham after meeting the godfather of Internet time, Dave Mills!

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Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: bit.ly/nottscomputer

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