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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.

James Gleick

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Nanosekundengenauigkeit ist für weltweite Kommunikationssysteme wichtig. Für die Navigation durch Satellitensignale des Global Positioning Systems ist es wichtig: Ein Fehler von einer Milliardstel Sekunde bedeutet einen Fehler von nur einem Fuß, der Abstand, den das Licht in dieser Zeit zurücklegt.

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