Time To First Fix (TTFF) is a measure of the time required for a GPS receiver to acquire satellite signals and navigation data, and calculate a position solution (called a fix).
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“Yelburton: After you work with a man a certain length of time you come to know his habits, his values. You come to know him. And either he’s the kind who chases after women or he’s not.
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J.J. Gittes: Well, maybe he takes it very seriously.”
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—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)