[ntpsec commit] Add a glossary link.
Eric S. Raymond
esr at ntpsec.org
Wed Oct 21 18:13:52 UTC 2015
Module: ntpsec
Branch: master
Commit: a7885f27ddd1f94dcae4628b0bd6f6a3501bd117
Changeset: http://git.ntpsec.org/ntpsec/commit/?id=a7885f27ddd1f94dcae4628b0bd6f6a3501bd117
Author: Eric S. Raymond <esr at thyrsus.com>
Date: Wed Oct 21 14:13:29 2015 -0400
Add a glossary link.
---
docs/index.txt | 6 +++++-
docs/ntpspeak.txt | 5 +++--
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/index.txt b/docs/index.txt
index 08144b5..02e7c31 100644
--- a/docs/index.txt
+++ b/docs/index.txt
@@ -56,7 +56,11 @@ paths in order to achieve high accuracy and reliability.
For background on the problem NTP solves, see
link:http://www.catb.org/gpsd/time-service-intro.html[Introduction to
-Time Service].
+Time Service]. This white paper discusses time source types, relative
+accuracy, relative cost, and how those figures of merit have changed
+in recent decades
+
+The link:ntpspeak.html[Glossary of NTP-speak] might also be helpful.
[[differences]]
== Differences from NTP Classic ==
diff --git a/docs/ntpspeak.txt b/docs/ntpspeak.txt
index d80ca76..a3fce90 100644
--- a/docs/ntpspeak.txt
+++ b/docs/ntpspeak.txt
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ fuzzball::
While some of these remained in service as late as 1988 they are
now long gone, but have left a few traces in the NTP codebase.
-[[GPS]]::
+[[GPS]]
+GPS::
Global Positioning System; also, "a GPS" is a radio receiver
designed to get position and time fixes from the system. GPS fixes
are derived from spherical trigonometry using the precisely known
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ PTP::
pool::
In an NTP context, "the pool" is usually the
http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/[NTP Pool Project], a collection of
- thousands of NTP servers accessible through hub servers that hand
+ thousands of NTP servers accessible through distribution servers that hand
out service addresses at random from the pool.
[[proventic]]
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