Terminology question from a layman

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From: Patrick M. Landry
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:53

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Can someone tell me (a layman) what the terms "delay" "offset" and "disp"
mean in and XNTP context. A pointer into the appropriate docs would be 
fine. Just a general idea so I can tell if my clock is behaving.
--
patrick

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