So if a program needs to wait 10 seconds for something, how it is actually calculating it if the processors speed continously changes? (And i’m talking about offline programs that does not use NTP)
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There is a system clock attached to every modern computer, and for internet-connected operating systems, they are frequently synchronized with atomic clocks run on the internet, through a service called ‘network time protocol’. Programs running under an operating system will ask the OS for the time using a system call.
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