Monotonic Clock
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<timefyi-glossary slug="monotonic-clock"></timefyi-glossary>Definition
A clock that only moves forward and is never adjusted backward, unlike a wall clock that can be set back by NTP. Used for measuring elapsed time intervals precisely in programming (e.g., Python's time.monotonic()).