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Sync
//sɪŋk// noun, verb, slang
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Clipping of synchronization or synchrony. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable, usually
- 2 Harmony. informal, uncountable, usually
- 3 A music synchronization license, allowing the music to be synchronized with visual media such as films. informal, uncountable, usually
Verb
- 1 To synchronize, especially in the senses of data synchronization, time synchronization, or synchronizing music with video. informal
"Our cloud storage automatically syncs your files to all your devices."
- 2 make synchronous and adjust in time or manner wordnet
- 3 To flush all pending I/O operations to disk. informal
Etymology
Etymology 1
Clipping of synchronization.
Etymology 2
Clipping of synchronization.
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