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名詞

truechimer (plural truechimers)

1. (Internet) A timeserver that transmits an accurate time via the Network Time Protocol.

   Coordinate term: falseticker

   • 2022 September 30, Nate Hopper, “The Thorny Problem of Keeping the Internet’s Time”, in The New Yorker‎, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-06-29:

     If a device attempts to ascertain the time by consulting two sources, only one of which smears the second, it will struggle to distinguish a truechimer from a falseticker, and may settle on a minutely incorrect time.