Synchronous
/ˈsɪŋkɹənəs/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 At the same time, at the same frequency.
- 2 Single-threaded; blocking; occurring in the same thread as other computations, thereby preventing those computations from resuming until the communication is complete.
"Post is a “fire and forget” where the UI thread work is performed asynchronously; Send is synchronous in that the call blocks until the UI thread work has been performed."
Adjective
- 1 occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase wordnet
- 2 (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that requires a common clock signal (a timing reference) between the communicating devices in order to coordinate their transmissions wordnet
Example
More examples"Over the years, the Moon has fallen into a synchronous orbit with Earth."
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin synchronus, from Ancient Greek σύγχρονος (súnkhronos, “contemporaneous”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, “with, together”) + χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). By surface analysis, syn- + chron- + -ous = synchrony + -ous; however, all related words (e.g., synchronic, synchrony, synchronicity, diachronous, diachronic, diachrony, diachronicity) were coined later, either as back-formations from, or otherwise by analogy with the surface analysis of, synchronous.