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Report generated: Sun Mar 1 17:33:02 2026 UTC
Start Time: Sat Feb 28 15:09:02 2026 UTC
End Time: Sun Mar 1 17:33:02 2026 UTC
Report Period: 1.1 days

Local Clock Time/Frequency Offsets

local offset plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Local Clock Time Offset -0.779 -0.711 -0.438 0.108 1.143 1.579 1.586 1.581 2.290 0.489 0.204 ms -1.427 3.706
Local Clock Frequency Offset 18.815 18.818 18.825 18.872 18.888 18.888 18.889 0.063 0.071 0.0177 18.868 ppm 1.202e+09 1.279e+12

The time and frequency offsets between the ntpd calculated time and the local system clock. Showing frequency offset (red, in parts per million, scale on right) and the time offset (blue, in μs, scale on left). Quick changes in time offset will lead to larger frequency offsets.

These are fields 3 (time) and 4 (frequency) from the loopstats log file.



Local RMS Time Jitter

local jitter plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Local RMS Time Jitter 202.062 215.946 230.895 343.939 512.550 596.171 634.036 281.655 380.225 87.497 349.873 µs 36.61 145.6

The RMS Jitter of the local clock offset. In other words, how fast the local clock offset is changing.

Lower is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0μs.

RMS jitter is field 5 in the loopstats log file.



Local RMS Frequency Jitter

local stability plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Local RMS Frequency Jitter 0.610 0.645 0.712 1.104 2.898 3.359 3.498 2.186 2.714 0.685 1.377 ppb 5.355 16.13

The RMS Frequency Jitter (aka wander) of the local clock's frequency. In other words, how fast the local clock changes frequency.

Lower is better. An ideal clock would be a horizontal line at 0ppm.

RMS Frequency Jitter is field 6 in the loopstats log file.



Local Clock Time Offset Histogram

local offset histogram plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Local Clock Offset -0.779 -0.711 -0.438 0.108 1.143 1.579 1.586 1.581 2.290 0.489 0.204 ms -1.427 3.706

The clock offsets of the local clock as a histogram.

The Local Clock Offset is field 3 from the loopstats log file.



Local Temperatures

local temps plot

Local temperatures. These will be site-specific depending upon what temperature sensors you collect data from. Temperature changes affect the local clock crystal frequency and stability. The math of how temperature changes frequency is complex, and also depends on crystal aging. So there is no easy way to correct for it in software. This is the single most important component of frequency drift.

The Local Temperatures are from field 3 from the tempstats log file.



Local Frequency/Temp

local freq temps plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Local Clock Frequency Offset 18.815 18.818 18.825 18.872 18.888 18.888 18.889 0.063 0.071 0.0177 18.868 ppm 1.202e+09 1.279e+12
Temp /dev/sda 27.000 27.000 27.000 27.000 28.000 28.000 28.000 1.000 1.000 0.383 27.178 °C
Temp /dev/sdb 31.000 31.000 31.000 32.000 32.000 32.000 32.000 1.000 1.000 0.496 31.564 °C
Temp LM0 10.000 11.000 11.000 13.000 15.000 15.000 16.000 4.000 4.000 1.133 12.707 °C
Temp LM1 8.000 9.000 10.000 11.000 13.000 14.000 14.000 3.000 5.000 1.170 11.354 °C
Temp LM2 46.000 46.000 46.000 47.000 48.000 49.000 49.000 2.000 3.000 0.611 47.146 °C
Temp LM3 16.500 16.500 17.500 19.000 19.500 19.500 20.500 2.000 3.000 0.770 18.475 °C
Temp LM4 16.500 16.500 17.500 19.000 19.500 20.500 20.500 2.000 4.000 0.798 18.481 °C

The frequency offsets and temperatures. Showing frequency offset (red, in parts per million, scale on right) and the temperatures.

These are field 4 (frequency) from the loopstats log file, and field 3 from the tempstats log file.



Server Offsets

peer offsets plot

The offset of all refclocks and servers. This can be useful to see if offset changes are happening in a single clock or all clocks together.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset 150.254.190.51

peer offset 150.254.190.51 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 150.254.190.51 0.489 0.489 0.634 1.443 2.776 3.971 3.971 2.142 3.482 0.678 1.530 ms 6.832 21.98

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset 153.19.250.123

peer offset 153.19.250.123 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 153.19.250.123 -1.323 -1.323 -0.970 -0.109 1.162 1.892 1.892 2.132 3.215 0.614 -0.009 ms -3.401 8.025

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset 193.110.137.171

peer offset 193.110.137.171 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 193.110.137.171 -0.621 -0.621 -0.430 0.309 1.499 1.716 1.716 1.930 2.337 0.571 0.366 ms -0.7363 2.645

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset 194.146.251.100

peer offset 194.146.251.100 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 194.146.251.100 -1.157 -1.157 -0.736 0.074 1.177 1.850 1.850 1.914 3.008 0.597 0.154 ms -2.177 5.796

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset 194.146.251.101

peer offset 194.146.251.101 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 194.146.251.101 -0.785 -0.785 -0.700 0.170 1.293 5.602 5.602 1.993 6.387 0.896 0.292 ms 1.258 15.28

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset 194.29.130.252

peer offset 194.29.130.252 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 194.29.130.252 -0.902 -0.902 -0.548 0.316 1.600 2.299 2.299 2.148 3.201 0.658 0.403 ms -0.6632 3.034

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset 195.187.245.55

peer offset 195.187.245.55 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 195.187.245.55 -895.178 -895.178 -529.029 -158.675 856.322 952.441 952.441 1,385.351 1,847.619 407.818 -35.670 µs -3.975 8.966

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset 213.135.57.60

peer offset 213.135.57.60 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 213.135.57.60 -0.956 -0.956 -0.526 0.205 1.126 1.596 1.596 1.652 2.552 0.517 0.200 ms -1.801 4.684

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset SHM(0)

peer offset SHM(0) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset SHM(0) -0.022 3.505 5.747 13.449 20.331 22.043 24.430 14.583 18.538 4.495 13.353 ms 13.48 39.98

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitters

peer jitters plot

The RMS Jitter of all refclocks and servers. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter 150.254.190.51

peer jitter 150.254.190.51 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 150.254.190.51 0.333 0.333 0.486 1.023 2.317 2.490 2.490 1.831 2.157 0.619 1.192 ms 4.22 10.41

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter 153.19.250.123

peer jitter 153.19.250.123 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 153.19.250.123 0.124 0.124 0.182 0.826 1.754 2.039 2.039 1.572 1.915 0.533 0.876 ms 2.62 5.754

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter 193.110.137.171

peer jitter 193.110.137.171 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 193.110.137.171 0.151 0.151 0.398 0.939 2.610 3.283 3.283 2.212 3.132 0.639 1.020 ms 3.624 11.66

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter 194.146.251.100

peer jitter 194.146.251.100 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 194.146.251.100 0.349 0.349 0.423 0.870 1.789 2.005 2.005 1.366 1.656 0.447 1.030 ms 6.685 17.99

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter 194.146.251.101

peer jitter 194.146.251.101 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 194.146.251.101 0.420 0.420 0.433 0.825 3.117 6.197 6.197 2.684 5.777 0.979 1.183 ms 3.494 15.93

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter 194.29.130.252

peer jitter 194.29.130.252 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 194.29.130.252 0.326 0.326 0.392 0.728 2.268 2.389 2.389 1.876 2.063 0.532 0.867 ms 3.778 11.42

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter 195.187.245.55

peer jitter 195.187.245.55 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 195.187.245.55 0.228 0.228 0.284 0.577 1.445 1.559 1.559 1.161 1.331 0.318 0.641 ms 5.308 16.37

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter 213.135.57.60

peer jitter 213.135.57.60 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 213.135.57.60 0.201 0.201 0.296 0.618 2.484 2.710 2.710 2.188 2.509 0.598 0.822 ms 2.845 8.404

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter SHM(0)

peer jitter SHM(0) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter SHM(0) 0.335 0.609 0.913 2.192 4.955 6.580 10.758 4.042 5.971 1.285 2.466 ms 4.898 16.66

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Summary


Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Local Clock Frequency Offset 18.815 18.818 18.825 18.872 18.888 18.888 18.889 0.063 0.071 0.0177 18.868 ppm 1.202e+09 1.279e+12
Local Clock Time Offset -0.779 -0.711 -0.438 0.108 1.143 1.579 1.586 1.581 2.290 0.489 0.204 ms -1.427 3.706
Local RMS Frequency Jitter 0.610 0.645 0.712 1.104 2.898 3.359 3.498 2.186 2.714 0.685 1.377 ppb 5.355 16.13
Local RMS Time Jitter 202.062 215.946 230.895 343.939 512.550 596.171 634.036 281.655 380.225 87.497 349.873 µs 36.61 145.6
Server Jitter 150.254.190.51 0.333 0.333 0.486 1.023 2.317 2.490 2.490 1.831 2.157 0.619 1.192 ms 4.22 10.41
Server Jitter 153.19.250.123 0.124 0.124 0.182 0.826 1.754 2.039 2.039 1.572 1.915 0.533 0.876 ms 2.62 5.754
Server Jitter 193.110.137.171 0.151 0.151 0.398 0.939 2.610 3.283 3.283 2.212 3.132 0.639 1.020 ms 3.624 11.66
Server Jitter 194.146.251.100 0.349 0.349 0.423 0.870 1.789 2.005 2.005 1.366 1.656 0.447 1.030 ms 6.685 17.99
Server Jitter 194.146.251.101 0.420 0.420 0.433 0.825 3.117 6.197 6.197 2.684 5.777 0.979 1.183 ms 3.494 15.93
Server Jitter 194.29.130.252 0.326 0.326 0.392 0.728 2.268 2.389 2.389 1.876 2.063 0.532 0.867 ms 3.778 11.42
Server Jitter 195.187.245.55 0.228 0.228 0.284 0.577 1.445 1.559 1.559 1.161 1.331 0.318 0.641 ms 5.308 16.37
Server Jitter 213.135.57.60 0.201 0.201 0.296 0.618 2.484 2.710 2.710 2.188 2.509 0.598 0.822 ms 2.845 8.404
Server Jitter SHM(0) 0.335 0.609 0.913 2.192 4.955 6.580 10.758 4.042 5.971 1.285 2.466 ms 4.898 16.66
Server Offset 150.254.190.51 0.489 0.489 0.634 1.443 2.776 3.971 3.971 2.142 3.482 0.678 1.530 ms 6.832 21.98
Server Offset 153.19.250.123 -1.323 -1.323 -0.970 -0.109 1.162 1.892 1.892 2.132 3.215 0.614 -0.009 ms -3.401 8.025
Server Offset 193.110.137.171 -0.621 -0.621 -0.430 0.309 1.499 1.716 1.716 1.930 2.337 0.571 0.366 ms -0.7363 2.645
Server Offset 194.146.251.100 -1.157 -1.157 -0.736 0.074 1.177 1.850 1.850 1.914 3.008 0.597 0.154 ms -2.177 5.796
Server Offset 194.146.251.101 -0.785 -0.785 -0.700 0.170 1.293 5.602 5.602 1.993 6.387 0.896 0.292 ms 1.258 15.28
Server Offset 194.29.130.252 -0.902 -0.902 -0.548 0.316 1.600 2.299 2.299 2.148 3.201 0.658 0.403 ms -0.6632 3.034
Server Offset 195.187.245.55 -895.178 -895.178 -529.029 -158.675 856.322 952.441 952.441 1,385.351 1,847.619 407.818 -35.670 µs -3.975 8.966
Server Offset 213.135.57.60 -0.956 -0.956 -0.526 0.205 1.126 1.596 1.596 1.652 2.552 0.517 0.200 ms -1.801 4.684
Server Offset SHM(0) -0.022 3.505 5.747 13.449 20.331 22.043 24.430 14.583 18.538 4.495 13.353 ms 13.48 39.98
Temp /dev/sda 27.000 27.000 27.000 27.000 28.000 28.000 28.000 1.000 1.000 0.383 27.178 °C
Temp /dev/sdb 31.000 31.000 31.000 32.000 32.000 32.000 32.000 1.000 1.000 0.496 31.564 °C
Temp LM0 10.000 11.000 11.000 13.000 15.000 15.000 16.000 4.000 4.000 1.133 12.707 °C
Temp LM1 8.000 9.000 10.000 11.000 13.000 14.000 14.000 3.000 5.000 1.170 11.354 °C
Temp LM2 46.000 46.000 46.000 47.000 48.000 49.000 49.000 2.000 3.000 0.611 47.146 °C
Temp LM3 16.500 16.500 17.500 19.000 19.500 19.500 20.500 2.000 3.000 0.770 18.475 °C
Temp LM4 16.500 16.500 17.500 19.000 19.500 20.500 20.500 2.000 4.000 0.798 18.481 °C
Summary as CSV file

Glossary:

frequency offset:
The difference between the ntpd calculated frequency and the local system clock frequency (usually in parts per million, ppm)
jitter, dispersion:
The short term change in a value. NTP measures Local Time Jitter, Refclock Jitter, and Server Jitter in seconds. Local Frequency Jitter is in ppm or ppb.
kurtosis, Kurt:
The kurtosis of a random variable X is the fourth standardized moment and is a dimension-less ratio. ntpviz uses the Pearson's moment coefficient of kurtosis. A normal distribution has a kurtosis of three. NIST describes a kurtosis over three as "heavy tailed" and one under three as "light tailed".
ms, millisecond:
One thousandth of a second = 0.001 seconds, 1e-3 seconds
mu, mean:
The arithmetic mean: the sum of all the values divided by the number of values. The formula for mu is: "mu = (∑xi) / N". Where xi denotes the data points and N is the number of data points.
ns, nanosecond:
One billionth of a second, also one thousandth of a microsecond, 0.000000001 seconds and 1e-9 seconds.
percentile:
The value below which a given percentage of values fall.
ppb, parts per billion:
Ratio between two values. These following are all the same: 1 ppb, one in one billion, 1/1,000,000,000, 0.000,000,001, 1e-9 and 0.000,000,1%
ppm, parts per million:
Ratio between two values. These following are all the same: 1 ppm, one in one million, 1/1,000,000, 0.000,001, and 0.000,1%
‰, parts per thousand:
Ratio between two values. These following are all the same: 1 ‰. one in one thousand, 1/1,000, 0.001, and 0.1%
refclock:
Reference clock, a local GPS module or other local source of time.
remote clock:
Any clock reached over the network, LAN or WAN. Also called a peer or server.
time offset:
The difference between the ntpd calculated time and the local system clock's time. Also called phase offset.
σ, sigma:
Sigma denotes the standard deviation (SD) and is centered on the arithmetic mean of the data set. The SD is simply the square root of the variance of the data set. Two sigma is simply twice the standard deviation. Three sigma is three times sigma. Smaller is better.
The formula for sigma is: "σ = √[ ∑(xi-mu)^2 / N ]". Where xi denotes the data points and N is the number of data points.
skewness, Skew:
The skewness of a random variable X is the third standardized moment and is a dimension-less ratio. ntpviz uses the Pearson's moment coefficient of skewness. Wikipedia describes it best: "The qualitative interpretation of the skew is complicated and unintuitive."
A normal distribution has a skewness of zero.
upstream clock:
Any server or reference clock used as a source of time.
µs, us, microsecond:
One millionth of a second, also one thousandth of a millisecond, 0.000,001 seconds, and 1e-6 seconds.



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