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    12 <concept id="GUID-8D9A9283-6E55-4AC8-89CE-DD2B55D05067" xml:lang="en"><title>Time Technology Guide</title><shortdesc>Describes the technology involved in the Time platform

    13 service.</shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

    14 <section id="GUID-8A45CBEB-7BE8-4AA6-B574-6C6AE0412096"><title>Real-time

    15 clock</title>             <p>A real-time clock is a chip that keeps

    16 track of elapsed time. It is more accurate and consumes less power

    17 than computing time from elapsed execution cycles.</p>         </section>

    18 <section id="GUID-0153E75E-3FA0-440A-8F71-5D040275FC1B"><title>Alarms</title><p>The real-time clock can generate interrupts at specific times.

    19 This provides a reliable alarm mechanism.</p></section>

    20 </conbody></concept>