Reference Clock

A reference clock may refer to the following:

  • A master clock used as a timekeeping standard to regulate or compare the accuracy of other clocks
  • In electronics and computing, the clock signal used to synchronise and schedule operations

Famous quotes containing the words reference and/or clock:

    “In writing these Tales ... at long intervals, I have kept the book-unity always in mind ... with reference to its effect as part of a whole.”
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

    “The stars move still, time runs, the clock will strike,
    The devil will come, and Faustus must be damned.
    O I’ll leap up to my God: who pulls me down?
    See, see, where Christ’s blood streams in the firmament.
    One drop would save my soul, half a drop, ah my Christ.”
    —Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593)