Synchronization

Synchronization is an important concept in the following fields:

• Computer science
• Physics
• Telecommunication
• Multimedia

Synchronization has several subtly distinct sub-concepts:

• [Rate synchronization]?
• [Time offset synchronization]?
• [Time order synchronization]?

For some applications relative offsets between events need to be determined, for others only the order of the event is important. The idea of simultaneity has many difficulties, both in practice and theory.

See also: time, time transfer