2. For repetitive events with the same, multiple, or submultiple repetition rates, a relationship among the events such that a significant instant of one event bears a fixed time relationship to a corresponding instant in another event.
Note: Synchronism is maintained when there is a fixed, i.e. , constant, phase relationship among the group of repetitive events.
3. The simultaneous occurrence of two or more events at the same instant on the same coordinated time scale.
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When synchronization on the many clocks that make up a corporate network begins to fail even by milliseconds an organization faces multiple risks.
Systems that rely on an external time source open the door to hackers, and administrators may have difficulty tracing security breaches if the time stamps on log files are inaccurate.
Because time is used as a basis for legal contracts, imperfect timesynchronization can open the door to significant legal liability.