Meaning a person of high rank or distinction is attested from c.1500 in English; as a longer way to say person, the word was in use from 1550s (but often slyly ironical, with suggestion that the subject is overly self-important).
If your system is standalone, the default sync interval for system time is 604800 seconds (7 days). If you are in a domain environment, the default sync interval is 3600 seconds (0.04166667 days). If you are using XP Pro, you can adjust your settings using Group Policy editor (GPedit - Administrative Templates\System\Windows Time Service\Time Providers) or you can adjust things through a registry edit (works for any version of XP).
Readers have recently asked me about how often credit scores get updated and if the consumer can do anything to speed up the process. Hereâs the skinny: Every billing cycle, typically every 30 to 45 days, your lenders are supposed to report changes to your accounts to the credit reporting bureaus â Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.