Clock Skew
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<timefyi-glossary slug="clock-skew"></timefyi-glossary>Definition
The difference in time between two clocks in a distributed system at a given moment. Clock skew can cause transaction ordering errors in databases and distributed applications; it is measured and bounded by protocols like NTP and PTP.