Asynchronous

//eɪˈsɪŋkɹənəs// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not synchronous; occurring at different times. not-comparable

    "These cyberforums are asynchronous; that is, contributors post (i.e., publish a text message) without the need for fellow communicants to be online at the same time."

  2. 2
    Allowing the client to continue during processing. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Having many actions occurring at a time, in any order, without waiting for each other. not-comparable

    "Near-synonym: in parallel"

Adjective
  1. 1
    not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase wordnet
  2. 2
    (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
allochronicanachronisticasyncasynchasynchasynchronic

Example

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"I'm taking remedial English classes, and they expect me to know what "asynchronous" means."

Etymology

From a- + synchronous.

Related phrases

asynchronous transfer mode

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