Does NTP supply the time to a computer or server?
Technically no. The purpose of NTP is to reveal client clock offset; not deliver time. The operating system (OS) delivers time. Processes within the NTP application program use this offset to adjust the client clock. Since the hardware implementation of computer clocks and the protocol to control them varies from computer to computer; it is necessary to download computer specific clock control software. If NTP is bundled with your computer OS, this has already been done. If you are downloading and installing NTP on a non-NTP aware OS; you will need to read the install instructions carefully regarding this point. This really only applies to installing NTP UNIX. The various third party NTP clients have clock control built in.
