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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Synchronous \Syn"chro*nous\, a. [Gr. ?; sy`n with + ? time. Cf
{Chronicle}.]
Happening at the same time; simultaneous. --
{Syn"chro*nous*ly}, adv
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
synchronous
adj 1: occurring or existing at the same time or having the same
period or phase; "recovery was synchronous with
therapy"- Jour.A.M.A.; "a synchronous set of clocks";
"the synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight";
"synchronous oscillations" [syn: {synchronal}, {synchronic}]
[ant: {asynchronous}]
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 [ant: {asynchronous}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
synchronous
system, communications> 1. Two or more processes
that depend upon the occurrences of specific events such as
common timing signals.
2. Occurring at the same time or at the same rate or with a
regular or predictable time relationship or sequence.
Opposite: {asynchronous}.
(1996-04-11)
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