"Nanosecond precision matters for worldwide communications systems. It……" — James Gleick

"Nanosecond precision matters for worldwide communications systems. It matters for navigation by Global Positioning System satellite signals: an error of a billionth of a second means an error of just about a foot, the distance light travels in that time."

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