Reader Dan loves his Asus netbook–but not its clock. Every time he turns the machine off, it seems to lose a couple hours. But the minutes, he notes, remain accurate. There are a number of reasons a ...

At the heart of all computers is a clock, a dedicated timepiece ensuring that all of the parts of the computer are synchronized and can work together to execute the instructions that the computer ...

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A subtle tweak to how RAM keeps time is paving the way for higher memory speeds. Here's what that means for you.

Is the clock on every computer system in your organization set to the correct time? If your answer is no, you’re not alone. According to a 2007 study by Florian Buchholz and Brett Tjaden, both ...

Windows 11 and Windows 10, by default, syncs your system time with Internet servers, every week. We have already seen how you can change the Internet Time Update interval to make Windows synchronize ...

Hardly anything inside a computer would seem to be more basic, or more necessary, than the processor “clock”—the little crystal oscillator whose rhythmic ticks ultimately regulate everything the ...

Surrounded by computer screens in a modern office, you may check your monitor instead of a wristwatch to verify the current time. However, an incorrectly set system clock can cause more problems than ...

While computers manage many things with extreme precision, they have surprising difficulty keeping track of time. It’s pretty much impossible for a computer to keep exact time, although accuracy can ...

We’ve gotten used to the fact that the clocks on our internet-connected computers and smartphones are always telling the right time. Time servers, provided by a variety of government agencies as well ...