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In `F33f`_`[computing`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Computing]`_`f, `!timestamping`! refers to the use of an electronic `F33f`_`[timestamp`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Timestamp]`_`f to provide a temporal order among a set of events.

Timestamping techniques are used in a variety of computing fields, from `F33f`_`[network management`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Network_management]`_`f and `F33f`_`[computer security`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Computer_security]`_`f to `F33f`_`[concurrency control`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Concurrency_control]`_`f.`:cite-ref-1[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-1]`_`f]`:cite-ref-2[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-2]`_`f] For instance, a `F33f`_`[heartbeat network`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Heartbeat_network]`_`f uses timestamping to monitor the nodes on a high availability `F33f`_`[computer cluster`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Computer_cluster]`_`f.`:cite-ref-hbn-3-0[`F5bf`_`[3`#cite-note-hbn-3]`_`f]

Timestamping computer files (updating `F33f`_`[the timestamp`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Stat_(system_call)]`_`f in the per-file `F33f`_`[metadata`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=File_system]`_`f every time a file is modified) makes it possible to use efficient `F33f`_`[build automation`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Build_automation]`_`f tools.

>>Contents

• `F0af`_`[See also`#see-also]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[References`#references]`_`f

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>>See also

• `F33f`_`[Trusted timestamping`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Trusted_timestamping]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Timestamp-based concurrency control`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Timestamp-based_concurrency_control]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Lamport timestamp`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Lamport_timestamp]`_`f

>>References

`:cite-note-1`!1.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-1]`_`f `*Advances in Computer Science and Information Technology`* by Tai-hoon Kim, Hojjat Adeli 2010 `F33f`_`[ISBN`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=ISBN_(identifier)]`_`f 3642135765 page 183

`:cite-note-2`!2.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-2]`_`f `*Computer aided verification: 13th International conference`*, by Gérard Berry, Hubert Comon, A. Finkel 2001 `F33f`_`[ISBN`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=ISBN_(identifier)]`_`f 3540423451 page 423

`:cite-note-hbn-3`!3.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-hbn-3-0]`_`f `*Theoretical Aspects of Distributed Computing in Sensor Networks`* by Sotiris Nikoletseas and José D.P. Rolim 2011 `F33f`_`[ISBN`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=ISBN_(identifier)]`_`f 3642148484 page 304

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