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synchronous |
3 definitions found 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]: synchronoussystem, 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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