Atomic Clock, Always Accurate!
March 14th, 2010 - 9:42 pm ICT by GD ( 1 comment )By Ranjan Bhaduri
Washington, Mar 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) We all have witnessed at some point in time how our watches are to be tuned in for accuracy and time management. With Atomic clocks in the picture, you seldom get a chance to complain. Atomic clocks are the most accurate devices on earth which are capable of keeping a track of accurate time. The device although invented fifty years back, served as a pure epitome of atoms and their oscillations in different energy levels vibrating at high frequency rates which is calculated to be 9 billion times per second for cesium.
The ultra modern atomic clocks takes the whole concept to a different level altogether. Astonishingly, these devices are immensely impeccable as to not lose more than one second in over 100 million years. It was the Atomic clock that was being employed in many a theories of Albert Einstein. Moreover, atomic clocks helps immensely to gauge the weather.
Even the traffic lights servers are also operated by atomic clock to ensure that there is nothing wrong when it comes to synchronization. Internet itself draws its base lines from atomic clocks which is the chief driving force behind all financial transactions, online ticket bookings and online stock tradings. Computer networks are also decked up with atomic clock in order to maintain a steady synchronization with the Network Time Server. NTP protocol is one such major thing which these devices bank upon. NTP time server keeps a track and runs a check for all clocks of the particular device on network to meet the timing of atomic clock.
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March 14th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
I doubt the Atomic Clock is re-caliabrated for the change in spin of the earth, after large earthquakes have altered the spin cycle