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A clock that provides the primary source of internal timing for a processor or stand-alone control unit. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Unless someone actually has pointed it out, you're not likely to otherwise notice that the grand master clock watchers at the NCAA have implemented two major nip-tucks to the integrity of a college football game, all in a sublime effort to be more accommodating to the television networks that are trying to cram more and more of these things into a full day of programming. Such physical changes "can mute the light-dark signal sent to the body's master clock, presumably contributing to major sleep disturbances in seniors," says Figueiro. Unlike future satellite systems such as GPS, where atomic oscillators would be carried onboard the satellite, the master clock would be on the ground. |
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