synchronization application

The quote above suggests that we can think of holdover in synchronization applications as analogous to running on backup power.

So, it may not work correctly with some standard PC synchronization applications: for example, remote reading of the battery level is not supported.

By using the FeedSync producer service, a synchronization application can work with a synchronization provider to create a list of items from a replica and put them in an RSS or Atom XML stream.

Timekeeping technologies such as the GPS satellites and Network time protocol (NTP) provide real-time access to a close approximation to the UTC timescale, and are used for many terrestrial synchronization applications.

Similarly, the FeedSync consumer service helps a synchronization application take an input RSS or Atom XML stream, extract items from it, and then use a synchronization provider to apply only the appropriate changes to a replica.