International Atomic Time

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
International Atomic Time

   <time, standard> (TAI) An international standard measurement
   of time based on the comparison of many {atomic clocks}.  TAI
   is maintained by the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
   (BIPM), the world's governing body for civil atomic time
   measurement.  TAI is the basis for {Coordinated Universal
   Time}.

   BIPM
   (http://bipm.fr/enus/5_Scientific/c_time/time_1.html).

   (2001-08-02)
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