Synchronized down
What does "down" mean here? Can it be dropped?
"The larger the system, the larger the uncertainty. On a single LAN, with considerable effort it may be possible to get all clocks synchronized down to a few microseconds, but doing this nationally or internationally is tricky."
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synchronized down to a few microseconds, The idea is that the difference can be reduced in size , to only a few milliseconds.
- synchronized down to a few microseconds, The idea is that the difference can be reduced in size , to only a few milliseconds.
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synchronized down to a few microseconds, The idea is that the difference can be reduced in size, to only a few milliseconds.
0anonymousWhat does "down" mean here?
Good question. The first dictionary I looked at does not have this definition, but it is not uncommon. You can think of it as saying that the asynchrony can be reduced to a few microseconds. It is the difference between the clock times that is brought "down".
anonymousCan it be dropped?
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