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sync |
3 definitions found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sync v : make synchronous and adjust in time or manner; "Let's synchronize our efforts" [syn: {synchronize}] [ant: {desynchronize}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: sync /sink/ n., vi (var. `synch') 1. To synchronize, to bring into synchronization. 2. [techspeak] To force all pending I/O to the disk; see {flush}, sense 2. 3. More generally, to force a number of competing processes or agents to a state that would be `safe' if the system were to crash; thus to checkpoint (in the database-theory sense). From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: sync /sink/ (Or "synch") 1. To synchronise, to bring into synchronisation. 2.To force ("{flush}") all pending buffered disk writes to the disk. 3. More generally, to force a number of competing processes or agents to a state that would be safe" if the system were to crash, i.e. to {checkpoint} in the {database} sense [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-11)
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