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description: "Discussion on \"Why clock synchronization matters in distributed system\". Preamble\nIn distributed system, there are multiple nodes working together to act as a single coherent system and each node has its own internal time. But if there was no clock synchronization between them, the nodes wouldn't know which task was execu..."
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# [Why clock synchronization matters in distributed system](https://why-clock-synchronization-matters-in-ds.hashnode.dev/why-clock-synchronization-matters-in-distributed-system?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Preamble In distributed system, there are multiple nodes working together to act as a single coherent system and each node has its own internal time. But if there was no clock synchronization between them, the nodes wouldn't know which task was execu...

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