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Specialist NTP time servers (Network Time Protocol) are available and can synchronise a computer network and all its devices to an accurate clock source such as an atomic clock using either the GPS or a specialist radio transmission,carrera occhiali, allowing networks to be accurately synchronized to Universal Coordinated Time (UTC)
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